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Eyes and parls of llie inoiith daik brown. Antennae fiiscous brown, 

 gradually getting darker towards tbe apex. witli the basal Joint duU 

 yellow. Tborax rieb mfous brown, witb the lateral and anterior 

 niargins yellow, and a narrow yellow longitndinal streak, half the 

 length of tbe tborax, on each side of the Vertex, commencing on 

 the posterior margin. Scntelluni yellow brown. Elytra rieh rufous 

 brown, witb the apex, and a narrow niai'gin round the sciilelhnn 

 yellow; each elytron witb four nearly equidistant longitudinal ridges, 

 tbe two nearest the suture well defined, the others sub-obsolete, 

 deeply and minntely punctured. Underside of liody witb the thoracic 

 and metasternal regions dusky brown (the latter deeply punctured), 

 abdomen yellow. Legs rufous brown, with tbe apices of the femora 

 yellow; tarsi dusky. 



Length ^y^oo '"cb [^"1%'"]- In tbe collection of tbe Ento- 

 mological Society. Taken in Vandiemensland by Mr. Darwin." 



Saund. 1. c. 148. n. 12. 



Nach der Sculptur der Fliigeldeckcii ein Loxopleiirus, anscheinend aus der 

 nächsten Verwandtschaft di'S L. impi-essicollis, und von diesem hauptsäcli- 

 lich in der Färhuug von Kopf, llalsschild und Beinen ahweiciiend 



XIII. Idiocepbala subbrunnea Saund. „Head shining 

 black, minutely punctured, witb the face rufous brown. Eyes black, 

 mouth piceous. Antennae black, witb the first and second joints 

 rufous brown. Thorax rufous brown, shining, somewhat gibboiis in 

 front, obsoletely punctured. Scutellum sniooth, shining black. Elytra 

 corneous brown, shining, deeply punctured, tbe punctures forming 

 regulär Striae laterally near the apex, with a margin along tbe base, 

 which extends round the scutellum and half way along tbe suture, 

 black, with a greenish iridescence. Legs corneous brown, with the 

 tarsi piceous. Underside of body corneous brown, pubescent, witb 

 the mesosternal region blacli. 



Lei^tb 7ioo "1*"^* [^= 1' J- I'^ t^'^ cabiuet of tbe Entomolo- 

 gical Society. Taken by Mr. Darwin in the vicinity of Siclney, New 

 South Wales. 



Saund. 1. c. 148. n. 13. 



Muthmaasslich gleichfalls ein Loxopleiirus aus der Nähe dos L. paupcrcKliis 

 und rufcscens. 



XIV. Idiocepbala Darwinii Saund. „Head black, with 

 a large triangulär patch just ajjove the mouth rufous brown, deeply 

 punctured. Eyes black. Anteimae dusky brown, with tbe first, se- 

 cond and tbird joints underneath rusty brown. Tborax rufous brown, 



