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a few Sandy hairs; moudi nifoiis. Antennae rufous l}rown. Eyes 

 black. Thorax witli llio lateral niart>ins strongly crenate, l)aving 

 two elevated protuLeraiiees oii tlie Upper surface, one on each side 

 of the central line, each protuberance with a fovea on the external 

 side; dark amber brovvn, with a black brown spot margined with 

 duU yellow in each fovea. Sciitellum subquadrate, narrowed behind; 

 dark amber brown, clothed with whitish adpressed hairs, Elytra 

 rugose, with rounded elevations and deep punctures interspersed 

 with whitish hairs, having a row of small protuberances at the base 

 parallel with the thorax; dark amber brovvn, with the hinder half 

 dull ochre. punctured with brown, and with six or seven elevated 

 Iiunps ot the same colom' near tlie apex, leaving an oblique fascia 

 pointing forwai'ds about the middle. Underside of body chesnut 

 browii, niinutely furrowed longitudinally, and having an orange spot 

 between the insertion of the hinder legs. Legs robust, dark chesnut 

 brown, regularly punctured. Tarsi reddisb brown. 



Length ^^/^oo i"cli [=2%'"]. Native of Van Diemens Land. 

 In the Cabinets of J. 0. Westwood Esq., and Capt. Parry. 



The first specimens of tbis speries which were sent to bis 

 country were taken in Van Diemens Land by Mr. Ewing, after whom 

 I have named the species." 

 Saund. 1. c. 204. ii. 1. 



XXX. n c h o s m a d o r s a 1 i s Saund. „ Head dark ambei" 

 brown, deeply punctured; moutb light chesnut. Antennae light rufous 

 brovMi, with the enlarged joints somewhat darkers. Eyes black. 

 Thorax covered with minute rounded elevations, with the lateral 

 margins strongly dentale, and having two elevated protuberances on 

 the Upper surface, one on each side of the central line, black, with 

 the lateral margins, an indistinct band along the h'ont, and a shoi't 

 band from the apex of each protuberance to the posterior margin 

 dull rufous. Scutellum subquadrate, much narrowed behind, punctured, 

 dark ainber brown. Elytra deeply and irregulaily punctured, marked 

 with a kind of imjierfect netvvork of elevated nej'vures, and having 

 a row of low protuberances along the base; dark andrer brown, with 

 a broad ochraceous band, connnencing about Ihe middle of tlie base 

 onwards until it reaches the suture a utile lielow the middle, sur- 

 rounding a large distinctly marked triangulär arca of the ground 

 colour. Apex dull ochraceous. Underside of body dusky brovvn, 

 miiuitely punctured and covered with sliort yellovvish adpressed hairs. 



