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very indistinct, those before tlie 3 lamellated joints short, transverse. Maxillary palpi 

 with the terminal joint dilated, rather blunt at the tip, depressed above, and hollowed 

 out at its base. Legs rather thick, the outer of the two tarsal claws of the third pair 

 of leo-s, cleft at the end, anterior tibiae externally sub-tri dentate. Thorax with the 

 sides somewhat angulated and narrowly margined, rounded behind, but the sides of the 

 posterior margins are straight, the surface is minutely punctured and covered with 

 brown hairs, the sternum of the mesothorax is without a spine, or projecting angle ; 

 elytra in some specimens of a rich, lively, metallic, yellowish green, in other coppery 

 green with the suture and margin dark green, the surface shagreened and punctured. 

 Under side of the body and legs dark green, the former covered with ash-grey pubes- 

 cence, or rather longish soft hairs." — ii. 460. 



6. BipJiyllocera Kirhyana, new genus. 



" AntenuEe (seemingly) nine-jointed, the first joint long, much thickened at the end, 

 and furnished with several stiff hairs, the five last are lamelliform, the lamellae in the 

 male long, and pinnated on one side ; labium deeply grooved in the middle, notched 

 at the tip ; palpi with the terminal joints longest, sub-cylindrical ; head moderate; cly- 

 peus separated by a distinct line, basal part slightly hollowed out, as is the head be- 

 tween the eyes; thorax short; elytra elongate, somewhat rounded on the lateral edge, 

 truncated at the end ; legs slender ; tibiee of first pair anteriorly sub-tridentate, tibiae 

 of second and third pairs with many spines, claws of posterior tarsi entire, joints of tar- 

 si slender, elongate." — ii. 461. 



The species is " Shining, more especially on the head and clypeus, the crown of 

 the head very smooth, the space between the eyes with impressed punctures, the cly- 

 peus slightly notched in front; antennas pale ferruginous; thorax with short rust-co- 

 loured hairs, and the lateral margin slightly reflexed and paler than the dorsal part, 

 which is covered with short striolae, giving a squamulate appearance to it; when nar- 

 rowly examined, just above the rather large and bluntish scutellum, there are some 

 distinct scattered punctures ; thorax beneath covered with fulvous hairs." — ii. 462. 



7. Lamprima Micardi, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 184], No. 2, p. 5. 



8. Porrostoma riifipemie, Laporte, Hist. Anim. Art. 



9. Porrostoma serraticorne, Lap. 



10. Saprinus cyaneus, Erichs. Uebers. der Hister. in King's Jalirb. 

 d. Insectenk. i. p. 178. 



11. Stigmodera Roei, Hope, ' Synopsis of Austr. Ins.' p. 2, No. 15. 



12. Stigjnodera iospilota, Hope, var. Lap. and Goiy, pi. 7. fig. 39. 



13. Diphucraiiia scahiosa, Gory ? Boisd. Voy. de I'Astrol. 



14. Ptomaphila lacrymosa, Hope, Man. pt. 3, p. 150. 



15. Belus suturalis, Boisd. Voy. de I'Ast. Ent. ii. 304, pi. 7, fig. 20. 



16. Catasarcus rvjipes, Schoenh. Cure. v. 814. 



17. Hel(Bus echidna. 



" The dilated sides of thorax meeting in front, and projecting beyond head, a short 

 spine in the middle near the hind margin. Elytra with two rows of spines close to the 

 suture, and another close to the edge, where the dilated part commences : the central 

 rows of spines are not continued to the tip, the spines being placed irregularly ; they 

 are also much larger than those of the side row. General surface of thorax and ely- 



