198 REV. F. W. hope's observations 



CoNICOLLES. 

 SCOLECOBROTUS WeSTWOODII. 



This species was described at p. 109 in the first volume of the Zoological Transactions, 

 and is admirably figured at Plate XV. n. 5. It is remarkable for having all the joints 

 of the antenna;, excepting the first three, appearing as if they were eaten by worms. I 

 have lately obtained from Mr. Fortnum the other sex of this singular insect, and now 

 briefly describe it. The antennee are of a light coral-red colour, which may partly be 

 occasioned by abrasion. The joints of the antennae do not appear serrated as in the 

 former sex, excepting under a high magnifying power, and even then this character is 

 scarcely perceptible. The spines at the apex of the elytra are wider apart than in the 

 specimen previously described ; in other respects the insects accord almost entirely. I 

 have reason to think that both the above specimens are from the Swan River settle- 

 ment, and am not aware that any others are to be found in our metropoHtan, or even 

 in the French collections. 



Uracanthus, Hope. 



For the description of this genus, vide the details published at p. 108 of the Zoological 

 Transactions, vol. i., where only one species was described ; two more are now added. 



Uracanthus fallens. 

 Uracan. cervino-brunneus, thorace conico et albo-lineato ; elyiris pallidioribus apicibus bi- 

 dentatis. 

 Descr. — Affinis preecedenti at multo minor. Caput fronte forte canaliculata, pubes- 

 centia albida tectum. Thorax alba linea utrinque notatus, binisque tuberculis ad 

 latera subarmatus, rugisque transversis constrictus. Elytra cervino-brunnea, seri- 

 cea, triangulis in singulo, colore saturatiore, inquinatis. Corpus infra brunneo- 

 sericeum, femoiibus parum compressis. 

 Long. lin. 10 ; lat. hn. 2. 



I had originally given the name of sericeus to this species, which, as it seems common 

 to all that are at present known, I now change to pallens. It was received from Van 

 Diemen's Land in 1839. 



Uracanthus marginellus. 



Uracan. fusco-brunneus, thorace albo-lineato, elytrisque brunneo marginatis. 



Descr. — Totum corpus supra tomentosum, capite porrecto et inter oculos parum 

 subcanaliculato. Thorax rugis constrictus, tuberculo utrinque posito. Elytra albo- 

 pubescentia marginibus brunneis apicibus abrupte truncatis, spinis parum pro- 

 minentibus. Corpus infra concolor, femoribus compressis. 



Long. lin. 9 ; lat. lin. 1^. 



I received this insect from Captain Roe of the Swan River. In form it approaches 



