598 jNIr. J. S. Billy's descriptions of a 



iiis(]ue sordide fiilvis, liis cxtrorsiim piceis; capite crebre 

 ])unctato, tliornce sat ))r()fiinde, siibcrebre ])iinctato, inter- 

 ypatiis ad latcra elevato-strigosis ; elytris fortitcr piinc- 

 tato-striatis, iuterstitiis ad siituram planis, iis ad latera 

 convcxis. 



Long. 1 — 1^ lin. 



//«/>.— "Western Australia (Rockbampton). 



Head deeply and closely punctured; clypcus sparingly 

 clotbed witb suberect bairs, less closely punctured tban 

 tbe vertex ; front separated ft-om tbe face by a deep, 

 curved groove, wbicb runs obliquely upwards on eitber 

 side to the inner border of tbe eye ; encai'pai and carina 

 obsolete. Tborax nearly twice as broad at tbe base as 

 long; sides slightly rounded, slightly converging in fi-ont, 

 anterior angle acute; surface deeply and coarsely punc- 

 tured, the interspaces nitidous, towards the sides faintly 

 elevate-strigose. Elytra strongly punctate-striate, inter- 

 spaces plane on the inner disk, convex and subcostate 

 towards the lateral margin ; short interspace next the 

 sutui-e impressed with a single row of punctures, equal in 

 size to those on the strias themselves. 



Genus DiBOLiA, Latr. 



Dibolia intermedia. 



Ovata, convexa, nitida, subtus nigro-picea, femoribus 

 posticis validis, coeruleo-micantibus ; supra cyaneo- aut 

 coeruleo-metallica, antennis nigris, basi fulvis; thorace sat 

 fortiter pmictato ; angulis anticis incrassatis, extrorsum 

 paullo productis; elytris substriatlm punctatis. 



Long. 1 \ lin. 



Hah. — South Africa (Graham's Town). 



Vertex and front moderately convex, finely and dis- 

 tantly punctured ; clypeus transversely trigonate, its upper 

 angle j)roduced to form the short, oblong carina; antennpj 

 scarcely half the length of the body; five lower joints 

 fulvous; sixth, seventli and eighth piceous at the base, 

 their upper halves black ; three outer joints entirely 

 black ; second, fourth and fifth equal in length, the third 

 slightly shorter. Thorax more than twice as broad as 

 long; sides rounded and converging from base to apex, 

 anterior angle thickened, slightly produced in front, its 

 a])ex obtuse; upper surface distinctly but not very closely 

 punctured. ScutcHum smooth, trigonate. Elytra rather 



