358 Mr.F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia, 
Rhytiphora sospitalis. 
&, dense griseo pubescens, ochraceo maculatus; prothorace cylindrico ; 
elytris granuliferis, margine exteriore basi argenteis, apice truncatis. 
Hab. Western Australia. 
Closely covered with a short uniform greyish pile, spotted or, on the 
prothorax, banded with ochraceous; head with reddish ochraceous lines 
in front and around the eyes; prothorax short, cylindrical, with trans- 
verse slightly impressed lines and ochraceous interrupted bands; scu- 
tellum subquadrate, rounded behind ; elytra subcylindrical, truncate at 
the apex, without any raised lines, covered with numerous small black 
glossy granules, the external border from beneath the shoulder to be- 
yond the middle with a silvery-white stripe, the ochraceous spots small, 
but very distinct ; body beneath and legs greyish pubescent, with dif- 
fused reddish-ochraceous spots ; antenne rather shorter than the body, 
subglabrous, with small grey spots. Length 12 lines. 
A very distinct species, in many respects resembling R. polymita, 
but with truncate elytra and a silvery stripe on their external 
borders. 
Rhytiphora saga. 
R. pube griseo-fuliginea dense tecta; prothorace lateribus subrotundo, 
antice fortiter dentato; elytris brevibus, granuliferis, basi linea elevata, 
apice rotundatis. 
Hab. Western Australia. 
Closely covered with a short smoky-greyish pile, with paler patches 
on the elytra; head in front marbled with smoky and pale grey; pro- 
thorax rather short, slightly rounded at the sides, with a strong tooth 
anteriorly, the disk with interrupted irregular ridges, divided in the 
middle by an impressed longitudinal line; scutellum transverse, rounded 
behind ; elytra short, the sides parallel, rounded at the apex, two slightly 
raised lines on each, the inner at the base forming a kind of crest, several 
elossy-black granules scattered over the surface, behind the scutellum a 
pale semicircular patch, another at the side behind the shoulder, and a 
third extending obliquely outwards from behind the middle ; body be- 
neath and legs with a whitish pile, with diffused patches of ochraceous 
on the breast; antennz subglabrous, brown. Length 10 lines, 
A short, compact species, remarkable for the greater prominence 
of the lateral tooth, but in colour resembling to a certain extent R. 
caprina. 
Penthea sectator. 
P. dense pubescens, pilis albis adspersis, obscure ochracea; prothorace 
antice albo fasciato; elytris subtiliter punctatis, albo plagiatis; an- 
tennis nigris. 
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Odewahn). 
Closely covered with a dull ochraceous pile, varied with white, with 
