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arched at the sides. There is a certain resemblance in style of 

 marking between this species and E. umbrosa, Blackb., (though 

 this resemblance is really only sliglit), but the two may be at once 

 separated by the prothorux being scai'cely transverse in umbrosa 

 and pretty strongly so in ocellata. 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 



Gerynassa affinis, sp.nov. 



Picea vel nigra, squamis fulvis (certo adspectu sub-aureis) et 

 aliis nigrescentibus variegata; rostro obscure piceo-ferrugineo, 

 quam prothorax longiori, nitido, basin versus obscure punc- 

 tulato-striato; an tennis obscure ferrugineis, clava picea, scapo 

 apice sat clavato, funiculi articulo 2° quam 1"^ sublongiori ; 

 prothorace transverse, antice constricto-angustato, ante basin 

 transversim subgibboso, lateribus ampliatis ; elytris trans 

 basin sat sequaliter convexis, intra humeros baud longitudi- 

 naliter depressis, in^qualiter piinctulato-striatis, interstitiis 

 alternis hie iilic in carinis brevibus nigris parum conspicuis 

 elevatis ; corpore subtus squamis pallide aureo-fulvis minus 

 confertim ornato. [Long. 2-25, l^t. 1 line. 



In most examples the fulvous scales are irregularly scattered on 

 the upper surface among the blackish ones without forming any- 

 thing like a pattern, in other examples they are entirely wanting 

 on a small space on either side of the scutellum or on a small 

 space on either side of the prothorax near its base, those spaces 

 consequently appearing as dark spots. From G. basalis, Pasc, 

 the elevations on the alternate interstices of the elytra will at 

 once distinguish this species ; from G. uodulosa, Pasc, it may be 

 known inter alia by its much darker rostrum and antennae, the 

 evenness of the convexity of its elytra across the base (the 

 shoulders not being preceded by any depression), and the longer 

 second joint of its antennal funicle. 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 



