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3. Cephaloplatus spurcatus. 



Sordide testaceus,fusco dense cnnspersus ; caput spirits duabus laleralibus 

 obliquis ; thorax linea transversa pallidiore angulosa indistincla, 

 laleribus anticis dilatatis serralis indistinclis ; scutellum basi pallido 

 punctatuin ; venter disco nigricante, vitta testacea nigra maculala ; 

 pedes testacei, femoribus fitsco conspersis ; al(E anlicce membrana 

 cinerea fiisco punctata. 



Dingy testaceous, tliickly specified with brown, elliptical, nearly flat. 

 Head rather less than iialf the breadth of the thorax, with an oblique spine 

 on each side in front of the eye ; lateral lobes rounded, extendinj^ somewhat 

 beyond the middle lobe. Rostrum dull testaceous, extending to the hind 

 coxEe. AutennEB less than half the length of the body; first joint not ex- 

 tending to the front of the head. Thorax with a paler indistinct transverse 

 zigzag line; sides in front dilated, serrated and porrect. Scutellum with 

 three or five pale points on the base. Abdomen beneath with a blackish 

 disk and with a testaceous stripe, which has tliree black spots. Legs dull 

 testaceous; femora speckled with brown. Membrane of the fore wings 

 cinereous, with brown points. Length of the body 4J lines. 



The serrated sides of the thorax distinguish it from C. auslralis. 

 a—d. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



Genus 17. ABASCANTUS. 

 Abascantus, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4 we Ser. iv. 51. 



1. Abascantus lobatus. 

 lobatus, Stal, A. S. E. F. Ame Ser. iv. 52. 

 Brazil. 



Genus 18. MACROTHYREUS. 

 Macrothyreus, Fieb. Abhandl. Kong. Bohm. Gesell. Wiss. vii. 457. 



1. Macrothyreus annulicornis. 

 annulicornis, Ficb. Abhandl. Kong. Bohm. Gesell. Wiss. 458. 

 Brazil. 



Genus 19. HYPATA. 

 Hypata, Stal, Rio Jan, Hem. 15. 



1. EIypata eximia. 

 eximia, Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. 16. 

 Rio Janeiro. 



Genus 20. DRINOSTIA. 

 Drinostia, Stal^ Slett. Ent. Zeit. xxii. 143. 



1. Drinostia fissiceps. 

 fissiceps, Stal, Stctt. Ent. Zeit. xxii. 143. 

 a. North China. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



