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30, (Rhytiphora) mista. Fusca, maculis minutis cinereis vel ochre- 

 is omiiino varia : antennae nigricantes, articulorum basi cine- 

 rea : elytra praesertira basi tuberibus incertis scabra. (Corp. 

 long. 1'2 unc. lat. "45 unc. 

 On Exocarpus, in December, 1840. This insect resembles in size 

 and figure the well-known Lamia porphyrea of Donovan, but the 

 fi-inge of the antennae is very short and scarcely observable, and the 

 basal joint is black instead of red, as in that species. The wrinkles 

 or folds of the prothorax are iiTegular and shallow. The basal por- 

 tion of the elytra has scattered and indistinct tubers ; these are not 

 nearly so obvious as in porphyi'ea, where they give the elytra a file- 

 like character : the pale downy spots scattered over every part of the 

 insect are of two colours, cinereous and ochraceous ; they are very 

 variable in form : the fore and middle legs have a somewhat uniform 

 coating of down, while that on the hind legs is more varied, mixed 

 and spotty. 



31. (RhytiplioraJ nigrovirens. Lamia nigrovirens of Donovan. 

 Under decaying timber. 



32. (Rhytiphora ? J caprina. Fusca, lanugine pallidiori obsita, ma- 



culis nonnullis minutis flavidis ornata : antennae corpore vix 

 breviores, subtus pilosae, basi vix distantes : prothorax capite 

 vix latior, lateribus rectus, dorso tuberibus binis minutis glabris 

 armatus : elytra prothorace paullo latiora, puncta, punctis baud 

 magnis, sparsis, basin versus tuberibus nonnullis dentiformibus 

 instructa, apice vix manifesto truncata, lanugine cana praesertim 

 lateraliter et versus basin obsita. (Corp. long, '55 unc. lat. '2 

 unc.) 

 On Wattle trees, in December and January. 



33. (SymphyletesJ nodosa. Genus novum ? Antennae corpore paullo 



longiores, graciles, articulo basali brevi, tumido, caeteri graciles, 

 paullo curvatae, ultimo apice repente curvato : prothorax capite 

 paullo latior, lateribus parallelus dente antico minuto instructus : 

 elytra prothorace latiora, longa, parallela, apice plus minusve 

 truncata, plus minusve bideutata : pedes mediocres, femoribus 

 paullo tumidis. Symp. nodosa. Fusca, lanugine pallidiori ob- 

 sita, antennarum articuli manifesto curvati, fusci, maculis minu- 

 tis albidis irrorati : prothorax dorso inaequalis, tuberibus binis 

 elevatis instructus : elytra dorso valde inaequalia, utriusque tu- 

 bere oblongo elevato prope basin, pustulis quoque nonnullis 

 lanuginosis praesertim basalibus ; puncta, fusca, lanugine fusces- 

 centi obsita, maculis quoque nonnullis lanuginosis, cinereis, lu- 

 teisve ornata. (Corp. long. "75 unc. lat. '275 unc.) 



