118 



L. c. 1 mm. — I'.revis, latus, postice iittenuatus, castancuts, pilis brevissi- 

 iiiis vestituB, ped. atque ant. brevibus, flavis, ant. articulo 8, 

 incras.snto ........... crassus 



L. c. riO mm. — Obcouicus, modice coiivexus, uitidissimua, flavns, 

 iti<listincH' piinctatiis, pronoto permaguo, elytris attenuatis, ped. 

 robiistis atque ant. brevibus, liete flavis ..... brevicornis. 



L. c. 0-70 mm.— Subovatus, sat angustus, obscure flavus, pills brevibus 

 aureis vestitus, ped. obscure flavis, ant. obscure flavis, clavii 

 infuscatii, articulo apicali abrupte excavato .... minutus. 



Sericoderus brevicornis. 



S. hrericiiniis, Matthews, Wien. Eut. Zeit. ix. j). 1.51, 1890. 



L. c. fg lin. ---- 1'12 mm. — Obeonicus, modice convexus, uitidissimis, flavus, pilis 

 aureis vestitus ; pronoto permagno, lato, antice circulariter rotundato, baud reflexo, 

 indistincte punctato, interstitiis glabris, uitidissimis, margine l)asali vix sinuata, 

 angulis ionge productis, acutissimis ; eliftris postice attenuatis, pronoto baud 

 latioribus, plus quam sesqui longioril)us, ad humeros latissimis, leviter et con- 

 ferti.ssime asperatis, stria suturali profunda, laterii)us rectis, marginatis, apicibus 

 minime rotuudatis ; abdomine rufo-ferrugineo ; anteunis perbrevibus, atque pedibus 

 robustis, laete flavis. 



Bodi/ obconic, moderately convex, very shining, yellow, clothed with golden hair. 



Head duskj' yellow ; eyes black and prominent ; antennae very short, robust, bright 

 yellow. 



Thorax very large and broad, circularly rounded, but not reflexed in front, 

 indistinctly punctured, with the interstices smooth and ver^' shining, basal 

 margin faintly siuuated, with the angles very much produced and very acute. 



Scutelluni large, rounded, and indistinctly punctured. 



Eljjtru attenuated posteriorly, not broader but more than one-half longer than the 

 thorax, widest at the shoulders, lightly but very closely asperated, sutural stria 

 deep, sides straight and margined, extremities very slightly rounded. 



Ahdomen moderately exserted, rufo-ferruginous. 



Leijs robust, bright yellow. 



Under parts rufo-ferruginous. 



Differs from others in large size, less convex form, much larger thorax, short robust 

 antennae, and faint sculpture. 



Habitat, not recorded. (Australia. — Ed.) 



A single example of this large and very distinct species is in the collection of 

 M. .Tekel, at present in possession of P. B. Mason, Esq., of Burton-on-Trent. 



Sericoderus latus. 



,S'. latus, Matthews, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Col. ii. pt. i. p. 117, 1887. 



L. c. ]^}i lin. -1"12-1"37 mm. — Suboblongus, valde convexus, nitidus, obscure 

 ferrugineus, pi'onoto diiutiori, pilis aureis dense vestitus; pronoto brevi, antice sat 

 produeto, baud semicircular!, ad basim latissimo, flavescenti, nitidissimo, indistincte 

 punctato, margine basali profundissirae sinuata, angulis acutis, valde productis ; 

 I'li/tns ovalil)us, postice sat attenuatis, pronoto sesijui longioribus, baud latioribus, 

 ad luinieros latissimis, ordinibus trausversis, fere rectis, modice sed confertim 

 asperatis, stria suturali utrin(]ue impressis, apicibus rotundatis ; abdomine longius 

 exaerto, obtuso, diiutiori ; pedibus atque antennis longis, gracilibus, flavis. 



