BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 533 



C0LP6CHILA PYGM^A, Sp.nOV. 



Breviter ovata ; sat nitida ; rufo-ferruginea ; pectore valde 

 falvo-hirsuto, abdomine sparsim setoso ; capite (hoc minus 

 brevi) fortiter vix confertim vix rugulose, prothorace subtiliter 

 minus crebre, elytris (his geminato-striatis) sat fortiter sat 

 crebre, pygidio sparsim obsoletius, punctulatis ; autennis 9- 

 articulatis ; prothoracis basi loviter bisinuata, quam margo 

 anticus vix hujus dimidio latiori, angulis posticis (superne 

 visis) disbinctis obtusis ; elytris apice suturali breviter spinoso- 

 productis. 

 Maris antennarum flabello stipiti longitudine sequali, 3-articulato 

 articulis inter se sequalibus, stipitis articulo ultimo intus brevi- 

 ter acute dentato. [Long. 7, lat. Sg lines. 

 The prothorax is about | again as wide as long ; from the front 

 angles (which are but feebly produced) the sides diverge with a 

 slight sinuation to a little behind the middle where they are 

 moderately rounded ; thence (as viewed from above) they converge 

 somewhat sinuately to the hind angles, whicli (viewed from above) 

 appear well defined obtuse angles, — and not far from being 

 right angles. 



A well-marked species, — perhaps nearest to C. obesa, Burm., 

 which however is a lai'ger insect with the clvpeus much shorter 

 (in C. pygmcea it is at the base distinctly less than twice as wide 

 as it is long down the middle), the pygidium differently sculptured, 

 &c. 



S. Australia. 



COLPOCHILA DESTRUCTOR, Tepper. 



Ovata ; nitida ; ferruginea, capite elytrorumque sutura (exem- 

 plis plerisque) obscurioribus, antennarum flabello Isete flavo ; 

 pectore dense cinereo-hirsuto, abdomine sparsim setoso ; 

 capite (hoc sat brevi) confertim rugulose, prothorace sat 

 confertim subrugulose, elytris (his geminato-striatis) minus 

 confertim, pygidio (hoc sat opaco) dupliciter, — et confer- 

 tissime subtilissime et sparsim magis fortiter, punctulatis ; 

 antennis 9-articulatis (?) ; elytris apice suturali baud spinoso- 



