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quam longiori dimidio (postice quam antice fere duplo) latiori, 



lateribus crenulatis modice arcuatis, angulis posticis rectis ; 



elytris singulis obsolete 2-costatis, apice minus rotundatis. 

 Maris antennaruiu flabello elongate 6-articulato, hnjus articulo 



priino quam ceteri multo breviori. 

 Feminse antennarum flabello minus elongato 6-artioulato, hujus 



articulo primo perbrevi. [Long. 9-10, lat. 5-5i lines. 



Differs from all the previously described species of Rhopcea by 

 its much coarser sculpture. The antennae come nearest to those 

 of R. Verreauxi, but differ considerably. In Verreauxl (male) the 

 3rd joint of the antennae is unusually elongate, the 4th is sharply 

 produced in a kind of spine internally and the apical 6 form a 

 very elongate flabellura (all the latter being subequal in length 

 except the 1st, which is a little shorter than the rest). In Mussoni 

 the 3rd joint of the antennae is less elongated, the 4th is scarcely 

 produced internally, and the apical 6 form a flabellum not very 

 much different from that of Veri-eaihxi except in the 1st of them 

 being very much shorter. I have not seen a female Verreauxi 

 and therefore cannot compare the female of the present species 

 with it. 



N. S. Wales, near Narrabri ; taken by C. T. Musson, Esq. 



AnOMALA AUSTRALASIA, Sp.nov. 



Oblongo-ovalis : sat convexa ; viridis, antennis rufis, pedibus 

 nonnuUis exemplis piceis ; capite confertim subtilius subru- 

 gulose punctulato ; prothorace fortiter transverse, subtiliter 

 plus minusve distincte crebre punctulato, antice angustato, 

 angulis posticis rotundato-obtusis; elytris sparsius subtilissime 

 punctulatis, puncturis pauUomajoribus sat crebre intermixtis, 

 his hie illic obscure seriatim in striis vix impressis positis ; 

 pygidio magis fortiter punctulato ; tibiis anticisextus apicem 

 versus bidentatis, et in medio dente subobsoleto armatis. 



[Long. 8, lat. 4| lines. 



The only Australian Anomala that I can find to have been 



described is fusco-viridis, H. and J., which is omitted from 



Masters' Catalogue. It is differently coloured from the present 



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