THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. III. JANUARY, MDCCCXLI. 



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Art. I. — Entomological Notes. By Edward Newman. 



(Continued). 



Class. — COLEOPTERA. 



Natural Order. — Lepturites, Newman. 



Genus. — Macrones, Neivfnan . 



Caput porrectum, ante oculos elongatum ; oculi rotundi, distantes, 

 laterales; antennae corpore manifesto breviores, ll-articulatae, articu- 

 lus Imus tribus sequentibus longior, apice tumidus : prothorax capite 

 hand longior paullo latior, inaequalis, antica con- 

 strictus, dorso asper, lateribus gibber, basi quad- ,-- 

 ratus : elytra elongata, linearia, angustissima, nee 

 raetalas neque abdomen tegentia : pedes elongati 

 femoribus simplicibus. 



Macrones exilis. Caput nigrum, clypeo ore- 

 que rufo-piceisj epicranio confertim punctoj 

 gula rugata, prothoracem versus rugis trans- 

 versis ordinatis : prothorax obscurus, rufo- 

 piceus, dorso niger, asper, dorso tuberibus 



binis glabris instructus : elytra albida, glabra, humeris rufo-pi- 

 ceis, marginibus, lineisque 2 elevatis asperis nigris : meso- et 

 metasternum rufo-picea, nugis nigris variegata : abdomen pice- 

 um apice nigrum : femora basi rufo-picea, apice nigra ; tibia; 

 basi rufo-picese, apice nigrae, pro- et mesotarsi nigri, metatarsi 

 albidi, ungulis fuscis. (Corp. long. '9 unc. lat. '1 unc.) 



Inhabits Van Dieman's Land. A single specimen is in the cabinet 

 of Mr. Westwood, to whom I am indebted for the loan of this interest- 

 ing and unique insect. I am inclined to think that the Rhagiomorphous 

 Macroccra of Australasia arc entitled to rank as a distinct family : 



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