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antennae glossy black. Thorax rufüiis hrown, shining, smooth. Scu- 

 tellirm Mark. Elytra shining steel hlue, with purphsh iridescence, 

 closely and deeply i)Uiictui"ed, liie punctures (orniing irregulär Striae 

 near the apox, each Stria of two rows of punctures. Underside of 

 body pale ochraceous yellovv. Legs and tarsi hlack. 



Lenglh of feniale '%oo i"*"!' (=^Ys"')'-> *'"• *^t "•^''^ ^^A'S iiich 

 (= l'/2"')- Native of New -Holland. In the cabinets of the Rev. 

 F. Vy. Hope and J. 0. Westwood Esq." 



Saund. I c. 144. n. 4. 



X. I d i c e p h a 1 a a t r a S a u n d. „ Black ; face sti-iate , with 

 fine longitudinal lines. Thorax shining, slightly punctured, the punc- 

 tures widely spread. Sculellum smooth, shining. Elytra shining, 

 irregularly slriate and punctured, especially near the Shoulders, 

 wliich are slightly rugose. Abdomen somewhat longer than the 

 elytra, covered underneath with silvery adpressed pubescence. 



Length lyj^,^ inch (= 2%'"). Native of Vandiemensland. In 

 the collection of J. 0. Westwood Esq.". 

 Saund. 1. c. IJö. n. 7. 



Eben dahin gehörig, und anscheinend dem Cr. ulbihnca Snuiid. sehr nahe 

 stehend. 



XI. Idiocephala Bynoei Saund. „Head punctured, rufous 

 brown, with a band across the vertex, near the margin of the tho- 

 rax, and sinus of the eyes black. Eyes black. Antennae black. 

 Thorax bright rufous ])rown, giltbous in front, shining and deeply 

 punctured. Scutellum black, shining, rounded posteriorly. Elytra 

 a liltle broader than the thorax, deeply punctured, with slight ir- 

 regulär transverse waves, rufous brown, with the base irregularly 

 margined witli black, the sutare narrowly margined with the same 

 colour, and an irregulär broad transverse black band a little above 

 the apex. Under side of body rufous brown, the mesosternum black, 

 covered with sliort adpressed silvery pubescence. Legs rufaus hrown, 

 with the apices of the ti])iae and tarsi l)lack. 



Length 2o/|_^ inch (= 2%"'y Collected in Xeiv Holland by 

 Mr. Bynoe. In the collection of the British Museum. 



This is a robust and well marked species. The description is 

 drawn apparently from a male insect." 



Snund. I. c. 146. n. 8. 



Ein Cryplocephaliis meiner (iten Rotte, meinem Cr. castus nahe verwand! 



XII. Idiocephala t a s m a n i c a Saund. „Head rufous brown, 

 with three round yellow spots placed in a triangle on the face. 



