138 Mr. 0. Jaiisun's Dcscnjjtions of 



with the basal margin uarrowly edged witli bhick, tinely 

 punctate ; the latter coarsely punctate, the punctures form- 

 ing three striaj on each elytron, the first sutural, the others 

 on the disc ; apex strigose, suture black. 



Scutdl'wm with a few punctures at the base, testaceous ; 

 apex black, somewhat acuminate. 



Pygidium testaceous, transversely strigose. 



Beneath black, punctate and pubescent ; centre of abdo- 

 men pitchy ; apex of mesosternum broad and fiat. 



Legs black. 



Western Australia. Coll. Higgins, Sharp. 



INfost nearly allied to D. xanthopyga, Germ., but very 

 different in colour and sculpture. 



Diaphonia vicina, n. sp. 



liufo-testacea, nitida, punctata, clypeo ad liasin, thorace 

 lateribus, pygidio, abdominisque lateribus Havis, capite, 

 thorace postice, elytrorum sutura, corpore subtus, pedi- 

 buscpie nigris, thorace postice profunde bisinuato. Long. 

 lU lin. 



Head black, closely punctured ; clypeus emarginate in 

 front ; base yellow. 



Thorax, scutellum, and elytra reddish testaceous, shining ; 

 the former with the margins paler, finely punctate, with 

 some larger punctures near the hinder angles ; basal mar- 

 gin black, strongly bisinuate. 



Sciitelliim edged with black, with a few punctures at the 

 base ; the apex somewhat acuminate. 



Elytra finely and sparsely punctate, with a number of 

 irregularly scattered punctures, and a row next the suture 

 which is black ; apex and margins strigose. 



Pygidium testaceous, transversely strigose. 



Beneath and legs shining black, punctate, and slightly 



