NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 109 
I possess another species of this genus, which is also from New Holland, and which 
I have designated Ur. sericeus. 
Genus. ScoLecosrotus!. 
Antenne 12-articulate, corpore longiores, articulis prioribus tribus Uracanthi 
similibus, sequentibus zqualibus serratis erosis, externo breviore scal- 
pelliformi subserrato. 
In ceteris Uracantho simillimus. 
This genus possesses many characters in common with the preceding, but is at once 
distinguished from it by the antenne, which in Uracanthus have eleven joints, whereas 
in Scolecobrotus there are twelve, all of which, except the first three, are serrated ; the 
last joint also is shorter than those which precede it, and resembles the blade of a 
pen-knife slightly serrated: they appear as if eroded by worms, whence the name of 
the genus. The thorax is transversely channelled; and the elytra are extremely sca- 
brous at the base. 
ScoLtEecosrotus WESTWOODII. 
Tab. XV. Fig. 5. 
Scol. flavo-ferrugineus ; elytris ad basin punctulatis, ad apicem bidentatis. 
Long. corporis 14 lin. ; lat. 3. 
Hab. in Nova Hollandia. 
Mus. Hope. 
Descr. Antenne ferruginee, articulis prioribus tribus glabris, ceteris serrato-dentatis 
dente apicali in singulis fortiore, externo breviore subserrato. Caput oblongius- 
culum, anticé rubrum, lined longitudinali inter oculos impressa, pilis flaveolis 
obsitum. Thorax tuberculis duobus feré mediis ornatus, rugisque transversis 
balteatus. Elytra ad basin punctatissima, posticé flavo-pilosa, 2-dentata. Corpus 
infra unicolor. Pedes supra rubescentes, subtis flavo-pubescentes. 
I have much pleasure in naming this singular species in honour of J. O. West- 
wood, Esq., whose tact in dissecting and delineating insects is not surpassed by any 
entomologist, either British or foreign. 
' TkwAnxopwros, vermibus erosus. 
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