16 DESCRirTION OF NEW COLEOPTERA, 



Long. 8| lin.j lat 4j- lin. 

 Hab. Port Denisou. 



Var. 1. Tota nigTa. 



Var. 2. Rufa, subtus nigra, thoracis maculis duabus, scutello 

 elytrorumque sutura nigris. 



Var. 3. Nigra, thorace elytrisque piceo-marginatis. 



There are three distinct varieties as described above. 1st. 

 Black, entirely. 2nd. Red, with two spots on the thorax, the 

 scutellum and the suture of the elytra black, the under part of 

 the body black, the legs red : and, 3rd. Black, with the lateral 

 margins of the thorax and elytra of a pitchy red. They are all 

 shining. The head and thorax are finely punctured, the latter 

 almost smooth on the disk ; the elytra are punctured in imperfect 

 striae ; the inferior margin of the hind thighs and tibiae are 

 clothed with an uniform thick brush of cinereous hair. 



The resemblance to S. (lymnopleura is here exemplified, not 

 only in appearance, but in the tendency to vary. The 

 difference seems chiefly to consist in the more elongated form, 

 less punctured thorax, and less villose under surface of this 

 insect. 



14. S. OCELLATA. 



Flava nitida thorace guttis duabus lateralibus maculisque 



duabus magnis discalibus versus basin connexis nigris, 



elytris rubris vel nigris subsulcatis punctatis maculis circa 



scutellum ovatis rotundatis versus apicem nigris flavo- 



cinctis. 



Long. Q\ lin., lat. 3| Hti. 



Hab. Port Denison. 



Yellow ; the top of the head is black ; the thorax is finely 



punctured, and has a small black patch near the centre of each 



lateral margin, and two large somewhat triangular patches of the 



same colour on the disk, sometimes only slightly joined behind, 



and having some resemblance to the letter M, in other instances 



completely joined and forming one large mass ; the scutellum 



is black, margined with yellow towards the apex ; the elytra are 



slightly sulcate and coarsely punctured, generally of a reddish 



colour margined with yellow, as are also a black patch on each 



