36 EPISCAPHULA. 



Episcaphula granulata.'' 



Episcapha granulata, Lac. Erot. 59. 

 Australia. 



Episcaphula Hislopi, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovata, nigra, opaca, subtus nitidior, imdique creberri- 

 me subrugose punctata, subtiliter brevissime setosula; thorace 

 subtransverso, lateribus rotundatis, postice late lobato, tenuissime 

 marginato; scutello punctulato, subtus undique crebre punctulato, 

 linea coxali nulla, processu ventrali rotundato, prosterno postice 

 late emarginato ; capite subtus profunde transversim impresso, 

 punctato. L. 3^ lin. 



Berali (Chevrolat). 



This must be near E. gramdata, Lac, but the elytra are there 

 described as sulcate, and moreover it is fi'om Australia. 



Episcaphula opaca, sp. n. 



Nigra, opaca, pubescens, capite thoraceque scabris, hoc suljtrans- 

 verso, lateribus tenuiter marginatis; elytris profunde punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis evidenter punctulatis, lunula basali, fascia 

 angusta infra medium, macula rotundata subapicali rufis; corpore 

 subtus rufescente, pubescente. L. 3 J — 4 lin. 



Sydney, Rockhampton. 



Episcaphula aulachochiloides, sp. n. 



Nigra, scaphidiformis, subopaca ; thorace sublsevi, antice 

 angufctato, lateribus rotundatis, basi levissime bisinuato utrinque 

 foveolato; elytris alutaceis, obsoletissime sparse punctulatis, sin- 

 gulis maculis 2 rubris (1 bidentato in angulo humerali, 1 trans verso 

 subapicali), corpore subtus la3vi, prosterno carinato, lateribus pro- 

 funde punctatis, epipleuris Ifevibus. L. 3J lin. 



Natal. 



Closely resembling Aulacochihis, from which the produced 

 anterior angles of the thorax, the structure of the antennae, and the 

 presternum remove it. 



Episcaphula dubia, sp. n. 



E. aulacochUoldes valde affinis, sed prosterno comprosso baud 

 carinato lateribusque Ipevibus differt. L. 3 lin. 

 Natal. 



Episcaphula thoracica, sp. n. 



Ovata, convexa, nigi-a, nitida, capite confertim punctato, 

 thorace sul)transverso, liete fulvo, s;it crobj-e jniiictato, lateribus 



