Faminry— PAUSSID. 75 
Sus-Genus—ARTHROPTERUS. 
(Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. p. 8.) 
Section I—SPECIES AUSTRALASIATIC A. 
Spectres 1 (5) — ARTHROPTERUS WILSONI. 
(Westw. Proc. Linn. Soc. June 19, 1849, p. 56.) 
Prate XV, Fie. 7. 
Totus castaneus, nitidus; capite parvo, punctato, et inter oculos biimpresso ; angulis posticis vix ultra 
oculos lateraliter porrectis ; antennarum clava subangusta, sub lente tenuissime granulata ; articulo tertio clave 
latiori, ultimo angustiori longitudine vix tribus precedentibus «quali; pronoto subquadrato, punctato angulis 
anticis rotundatis; disco haud longitudinaliter suleato; elytris elongatis tenuissime punctatis, punctis ad basin 
majoribus, castaneis sutura magis fulvescenti; pedibus angustis; tibiis vix tarsis duplo latioribus. 
Long. corp. lin. 7. 
Habitat ; Adelaide, Australia (D. Wilson). In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonie (olim Westw.), &e. 
Species 2 (6)—ARTHROPTERUS PUNCTATISSIMUS. 
Piate XV, Fic. 3. 
Piceus, crebrissime punctatissimus, prothorace mediocri; antennis prothorace plus duplo longioribus, late- 
ribus clave subparallelis, articulo basali subquadrato (fig. 3.2), ultimo tribus precedentibus simul sumptis paullo 
breviori ; capite supra convexo, angulis posticis pone oculos parum prominulis ; prothorace capite paullo latiori 
subcordato-truneato, lateribus versus caput paullo latioribus et rotundatis ; lateribus marginatis, angulis posticis 
subobtusis, disco in medio canali parum profundo impresso et intus angulos posticos utrinque impressione 
eurvata notatis; elytris punctatissimis sutura fulva; pygidio piceo punctatissimo; pedibus compressis sublatis, 
angulo externo apicali tibiarum elongato, in pedibus duobus anticis acuto, in quatuor posticis obtuso (fig. 3 4). 
Long. corp. lin. 6. 
Habitat ; Adelaide, Australia. 
The length of the elytra equals one and three-fifths of their width; the length of the antenne equals that 
of the head, prothorax, and about one-fourth of the elytra ; the seven intermediate joints of the clava are nearly 
of uniform width; that of the sixth being equal to the length of the sixth, seventh, eighth, and half of the ninth 
joints united together, and the length of the tenth joint is equal to that of the seventh, eighth, and half of the 
ninth joints united together. 
Spectres 3 (7)—ARTHROPTERUS SUBSULCATUS. 
(Westw. Proc. Linn. Soc. June 19, 1849, p. 56.) 
Totus castaneus; capite punctato, inter oculos haud impresso, angulis posticis pone oculos valde por- 
rectis; antennis tenuissime punctatis, clava sensim e basi ad articulum ultimum latiori, articulo ultimo sexta 
parte latiori quam longo, tribusque articulis precedentibus longitudine subsquali; pronoto punctato, cordato- 
truncato ; sulco longitudinali medio fere omnino obliterato ; elytris longitudinaliter subsuleatis vix punctatis ; 
disco setis brevissimis pauciter instructo, basi longius setosis ; tne tarsis plus duplo latioribus ; basi angus- 
tioribus, apice externo, presertim in pedibus anticis, acutis. 
Long. corp. lin. 54. 
Habitat ; King George’s Sound, Australia. In Mus. D. Parry. 
Sprcres 4 (8)—ARTHROPTERUS QUADRICOLLIS. 
PuatEe XV, Fie. 8. 
Piceus, subnitidus, delicate punctatissimus ; thorace fortius punctato; capite supra subconvexo, inter oculos 
biimpresso, angulis posticis extus productis ; antennis prothorace duplo longioribus, articulo basali basi lata apice 
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