16 The Rev. F. W. Hope's Descriptions 



from Conception : it belongs to the genus Lophotus, Sehonherr, to 

 whom I sent it, with another new species, named by me L. tri- 

 fasciatus, also from Valparaiso. In the second volume of Schonherr's 

 work, one species only is given, viz. L. EschschoUzii. The Curculio 

 Vittihs, Fab., however, must be considered as the tyjie of the genus, 

 which consequently comprises four distinct species. 



Family PRioNiDiE. 



Prionus, Fahricius. 



Prionus pilosicollis. Plate II. fig. 1. 



Piceus ; thorace bidentato, dentibus postice arcuatis, piloso; an ten- 

 nis pedibusque rubro-piceis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 12-J-, lat. lin. 6. 

 In museo Dom. Hope. 

 Habitat in Nova HoUandia apud Swan River. 



Antennae compressae, rubro-23icece,fere longitudine corporis. Caput 

 punctulatum, antice densius imbescens. Thorax capillis elongatis 

 auratis obsitus, utrinque postice dente acuto, retrorsum arcuato 

 armatus. Elytra serie irregulari punctorum excavatorum in- 

 sculpta. Corpu.s infra aureo-pilosum. Pedes rubro-picei ; tibiis 

 externe spinosis, anticis arcuatis. 



Family Lamiid^. 



Decarthria*, Hope. (Genus novum.) 



Antenna, corpore longiores, 10-articulatse, articulo Imo crasso, 2do 



minimo, reliquis longitudine pequalibus, ultimo apice acuto. 

 Caput supra breve, facie transverso-quadrata, oculisque quatuor in- 



signita, binis supra basin antennarum positis, binisque majoribus 



lateralibus. 

 Lahrum semirotundatum, ciliatum. 

 Mandibulee subfalcata?, acuta?, basi incisura notatse. 

 Palpi maxillares 4-articulati, articulo Imo minimo, 2do prsecedenti 



duplo longiori, 3tio fere trigono, ultimo elongato conico acuto, 



tribus primis longitudine aequali. 

 Maxilla lobis duobus elongatis apice ciliatis. 

 Mentum breve, transversum. 



Labium productum, basi angustatum, apice ciliatum. 

 Palpi labiates 3-articulati, articulo Imo minimo, binis sequentibus 



fere aequalibus, ultimo apice conico. 



Decarthria Stephensii, Guilding's MSS. Plate II. fig. 2. 

 Pallide testacea, antennis variegatis elytrisque nigro maculatis. 



* ItKa decern, aefi^ov articiilus. 



