RHIZOBIUS. 297 



Rodatus bajulus. 



Rhizobius bajulus, Muls. Spec, p. 1003. 2. 

 Punctuation unequal, sparse, small punctures not numerous. 

 £. 5th ventral segment with 2 large round fovese which 

 coalesce. 



Queensland (Janson). 



Rodatus carnifex. 



Rhizobius carnifex, Muls. Spec. p. 1003. 3. 



Eupalea foveiventris, Muls. Op. in. p. 129 (T). 



Punctuation very rough, the coarse punctiu-es almost in lines, 

 the small punctures scarce. 



(J . 5th ventral segment with 2 deep transversely oval fovese, 

 separated by a space equal to one of them, the margin of the seg- 

 ment raised in the middle ; a sixth segment apparent. 



Queensland (Janson). 



Rodatus Bakewellii, sp. n. 



Oblong, but little convex ; pale red, elytra brownish black, 

 margined externally very narrowly with red ; punctuation almost 

 uniform, rather strong ; thorax with the posterior angles almost 

 right angles ; scutellum red. L. 2| lin. 



<J. 5 th segment with two broadly oval fovese, separated by a 

 space about half the width of one of them ; apical margin of the 

 segment deflexed. 



Queensland, Victoria (Bakewell). 



Rodatus Boucardi, sp. n. 



Brownish red, oval -oblong, tolei'ably convex; elytra black, 

 apex bordered with red ; punctuation nearly uniform, rather 

 sparse ; ventral segments strongly punctured, especially the 1st. 



(5 . 5th ventral segment with 2 deep round foveas separated 

 by a distance greater than the diameter of one of them ; the apical 

 margin of the segment deflexed and sinuate. 



The epipleurse are black, but in immature specimens are some- 

 times red. 



L. 3i lin. Moreton Bay. 



Rhizobius. 



Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Mand. v. p. 396 (1832) [scripsit 

 Pvhyzobius]. (typ. litura). 



Antennae long, abdominal laminae complete, punctuation uni- 

 form, eyes coarsely granulated. 



Rhizobius ventralis. 



Scymnus ventralis, Er. Arch.f. Nat. vm. 239 (1842). 

 Rhizobius ventralis, Muls. Spec. p. 1005. 5. 

 Less coarsely punctate than R. discolor. Tasmania, Queens- 

 land, Adelaide, Melbourne. 



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