ON THE STENOCHORID^ OF NEW HOLLAND. 199 



a singular genus named Stephanops by Mr. Shuckard ; it is however decidedly an Ura- 

 canthus, and there can be httle doubt that Stephanops nasutus of the above author be- 

 longs to my section of the cone-necked-shaped Stenochoridcs. 



Section Conicolles, Hope. 



Genus Strongylurus, Hope. 



Type of the Genus, Sten. scutellatus, Hope. 



Vide Zool. Trans., vol. i. p. 107. 



Caput porrectum, oculis prominentibus. AntenncB undecim articulatse : articulus 1""" 



crassus ad apicem latior quam ad basim ; 2^" brevi, rehquis gradatim increscentibus, 



compressis. Thorax coniformis antice et transverse truncatus. Elytra thorace 



latiora, parallela apicibus rotundatis. Femora in utroque sexu subincrassata, et 



parum compressa. 



Strongylurus scutellatus. 



Tab. Xn. Fig. 2. 

 Strong, fuscus et tomentosus, thorace flavo-ochraceo colore utrinque lineato, medio disci 

 nigricante. 

 Descr. — Scutellum valde distinctum flavxim. Elytra fusco-brunnea, fasciisque undu- 

 latis parum distinctis notata. Corpus infra sordide fuscum, abdomine rubro-piceo, 

 pedibus concoloribus et tomentosis. 

 Long. lin. 12J; lat. Un. 3, 



The above insect I have received from various parts of New Holland ; as it is accu- 

 rately figured, I have not given very full generic details. I must remark, that in the 

 sexes of this genus the antennae vary very considerably, in one instance exceeding the 

 length of the body, whilst in the other sex they are shorter than the elytra. These 

 Longicorn beetles also vary much in size, which is a remark that appears to apply to 

 most of the Ceramhycida of New Holland. Can the long drought which sometimes 

 prevails in this country be regarded as the cause of dwarfishness, which is certainly one 

 of the striking features of the Coleoptera of Australia ? 



Strongylurus varicornis. 

 Strong, testaceo fuscus, antennis flavo nigroque variegatis. Thorace tomentoso, utrinque 

 dentibus atris armato. 

 Descr. — Scutellum distinctum et album. Elytra fusco-testacea fasciis binis undatis 



parum distinctis. Corpus infra concolor, pedibus tomentosis. 

 Long. lin. 5J ; lat. lin. 1^. 



There are in our English collections two other species belonging to this genus ; as 

 however I have them not at hand, I must leave others to describe them. 



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