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XXXIV. Pleomorpha Davisii Sa und. „Head rufous, with 

 tlie eyes and a transverse line across Ihe tbrehead adjoining tlie 

 tliorax black. Aiileimae rufous, smootli and shining. Scutcllum 

 hlack. Elytra smooth, shining, punctato-striate, testaceous, with the 

 apex broadly tipi)ed witli black, a broad margin along the base 

 ot' the same colour, llie suture margined with black and the punct- 

 ures near tbe basal margin black also. Underside of abdomen black. 

 Legs castaneous, with the tarsi dusky, Fore legs elongate. 



Length i%oo »"ch [=1%"']. In the CoUection of the British 

 Museum and that of J. 0. Westwood Esq. 



Taken in the vicinity of Adelaide, South-Australia, by W, Davis, 

 after whoni I have named the species." 

 Saund. 1. c. 268. n. 1. tab. 15. fig. 4. 



XXXV. Pleomorpha ruficollis Saund. „Head and eyes 

 black, with a patch on the face, and the parts of the mouth rufous. 

 Antennae rufous, with the joints forming the club black. Thorax 

 bright rufous, smooth and shining. Scutellum small, ovate, black. 

 Elytra smooth, shining, punctato-striate, dark brouzy green. Under- 

 side of the abdomen black. Legs rufous, with the tarsi dusky. 



Length ^loo ind» [=^Vi2"]' I» the CoUection of J. 0. West- 

 wood, Esq. Taken by Mr. Lewis in Van Diemens Land. This 

 species varies with the face sometimes entirely black or entirely 

 rufous. 



This may be the Cryj)tocephalus aeneipennis of Dej. as descri- 

 bed in the „„Voyage de 1' Astrolabe" " , but the short descrijttion 

 Ihere given leaves nie much in doubt of the identity of the species 

 with the one above described." 



Saund. I. c. 269. ii. 2. 



XXXVL Pleomorpha rufipes Saund. „Head dark bronzy 

 brown, with the parts of the mouth rufous. Antennae rufous, with 

 the (iub black. Thorax smooth, shining, dark bronzy brown. Scu- 

 tcllum and elylra of the the same colour, smooth, shining, the latter 

 faintly punctato-strjate. Underside of the body black. Legs bright 

 rufous, with the tarsi dusky. 



Length ^/loo "ich [=i %./"]. In the CoUection of J. 0. West- 

 wood. Esq. Taken in Van Diemens Land, by Mr. Lewis." 

 Saund. I. c. 2fi9. u. 3. 



XXXVH. Pleomorpha concolor Saund. „Entirely of a 

 dark blue green, excepting the underside of the first Joint of the 



