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rugose appearence, having two black patches at the base, one on 

 the Shoulders, and the olher larger near the scutellum, which is 

 proloiiged posteriorly alongside the suture, and joins an irregulär 

 hlack transverse band, which crosses the middle. Underside of the 

 l)ody dull pilchy brovvn, with lighter shades, covered with short 

 silvery adpressed hairs. Legs deep rufous brown; the femora with 

 a black line along the upper side, tibiae, with the apices, black. 

 Tarsi black. 



Length. ■^^loo "icli [ — ^y^'"]- Habitat Van Diemens Land. In 

 the Collections of the Rev. F. W. Hope and T. 0. Weslwood Esq. 



This species is allied to the prereding IcrucicollLs Boisd.], but 

 abundanüy differs in the colour of the head, thorax and legs, and 

 in the smaller size." 

 Sauml. 1. c. 199. n. 3. 



XXVIII. P r i n p 1 e u r a c o g n a t a S a u n d. „Head yellowish 

 amber brown, covered with small paler tuliercles. Labrum yellow. 

 Eyes black. Antennae two-thirds of the length of the body, yellow- 

 ish brown, \yith the first Joint black. Thorax witli the lateral 

 margins slightly dentate, amber brown, covered w ith somewhat large 

 yellow tubercles, and having an obscure longitudinal narrow black 

 line along the Vertex. Scutellum (juadrate, elevated posteriorly, ochre 

 yellow. Elytra dull ochre yellow, deeply and irregularly punctured, 

 with an ill-defined black band extending nearly across, a litlle below 

 Ihe centre, and extending upwards to near the scutellum, leaving 

 the Shoulders and lateral margins free. Underside of body yellow 

 brown, covered with short adpressed pale yellow hairs. Legs dull 

 reddish brown, with the femora beneath, and apices of the tibiae 

 exlernally black brown. Tarsi reddish brown, robust. 



Length 30/j^j^ inch [ — 3V2"'1-, width '7ioo [—2'"]. Habitat 

 Van Diemens Land. In my own Cabinet and that of the Rev. F. 

 W. Flope." 



Saund. 1. c. 201. n. 7. 



Die vorstehenden drei Arien gehören der GaUung Cadmus an, und zwar n. 

 XXVIl. und XXVIU. in deren 2te RoUe, wo die letzlere in die Nähe des 

 C. gigas Oliv., die erstere zu C. ßavocinclus gestellt werden muss. Viel- 

 leicht ist sie von dem letzteren nicht einmal specifisch verschieden. N. XXVI. 

 gehört vielleicht in dieselhe, vielleicht in eine eigene, zwischen meiner er- 

 sten und zweiten einzuschaltende Rotte. 



XXIX. Onchosonia Ewingii Saund. „Head dark amber 

 brown, rugose, with minute rounded elevations, interspersed with 



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