ncio S'pecies of Aiistralian Cctoniidce. 139 



pubescent ; sides of abdominal segments yellow ; the apical 

 spines of the anterior tibpe very acute ; apex of mesosternum 

 rounded. 



"Western Australia. Coll. Higgins, Sharp, 



Nearly allied to the preceding but differing in colour, 

 finer punctuation, smaller mesosternal process, less pubes- 

 cent underside, and in having the thorax produced behind 

 as in the subgenus Hemipharis, 



Diaphonia Br&ujcri, %. sp. 



Nigra, nitida, thoracis limbo laterali et apicali elytro- 

 runique margine laterali ferrugineis, thorace antice et 

 utrinque postice crebre punctatis, elytris punctis grossis 

 impressis. Long. 9-11 lin. 



Shining black ; thorax with the sides and a narrow band 

 in front ferruginous ; the elytra also mai'gined externally 

 with ferruginous. 



Head smooth ; clypeus thickly punctured ; apex slightly 

 emarginate. 



Thorax smooth on the disc, with some large punctures 

 in front and at the sides, and a group of similar punctures 

 near the posterior angles and a few smaller ones in front 

 of the scutellum, which has a few punctures at the base. 



Elytra sparsely covered with large, shallow, oblong 

 punctures, closer at the sides and apex, and from each of 

 wliich issues a short black hair ; penultimate segment of 

 abdomen thickly clothed above with golden pubescence. 



Pygidium strigose, slightly pubescent. 



Beneath punctate and pilose. 



Legs punctured ; anterior tibite with two acute teeth. 



Female rather larger, more strongly punctured ; the teeth 

 on the anterior tibias less acute. 



Western Australia. 



Closely allied to D. cincta, Don., from which it may be 



