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Psylliodcs Brewcru 

 Aiio-uste ovata, convexa, supra ciiprea, intida, antennis 

 nlotLrbasi fulvi's; subtus nigva^ ped^bus 1-^' ^--- 

 hns iiosticis nio-ro-pice s, feneo-micantibus, tibi s taisisqiie 

 pLSS::; tbor^e fb^tite. punctate, inters le^^r 

 elevato-reticulatls; elytris forti er puuctato-stiiatis, ti s 

 sulcatis, interspatiiB ante medium convexmsculis, pone 

 medium convexis. 



^?S!-wS;rn Australia; collected by Mr. Brewer, 

 after whom I have named it. , , • • , 



Head triangular ; clypeus sparingly clothed with whitish 

 •hah^s carina broad, ill defined ; encarp^B oblique, not con- 

 t\tuou. their upper margins ill defined ;_ antenn.^ half 

 tSTi W of thVbody, fst, 2nd and 4th joints equal in 

 leno-th the 3rd rather shorter, three lo.^;er joints fulvous 

 4th and 5th piceous, the rest black. , Thorax one-tW 

 b oader thanSong; sides nearly straight « -- 

 vero-ino-, feebly bisinuate, anterior angles bioadl> and 

 IlfquelV tnu/cate, shghtly thickened; tttKtict 

 coarselv pmictured, interspaces faintly elevated, leticu 

 kTe Elytra oblong, attenuated at the apex; s rongly 

 T^unctate-striate, the stri^ sulcate ; interspaces shmmg 

 CTand remotely punctured, wrinkled transversely at 

 Se b-isrnear Se si^ure, shghtly convex before the middle 

 totlv convex and almosf costate towards the apex and 

 nrthe outer mar-in. Outer surface of hinder tibiae nar- 

 Wy canaliSe, armed with a short, obtaise tooth ; 

 apTcal process one-third the length of the whole tibia, its 

 lateral edges pectinate. 



Psylliodes quadridentata. 

 Breyiter ovata, convexa, cupvea, mtida, P?aitas anten- 

 «;«,„e uiceo-ftilvis, his extrovsiim mfuscatis, iemoubiis 

 SkisSs; tteaoe sat cvebre.rucle punotato; elytm 

 ?™tUer mctato-striatis, interstitiis ad latei-a convex.us- 

 Ss- S Posticis extus canaliculatis, ad apicem qua- 

 dridentatis. 



Long. 1 lin. ,. ^ 



^fli --Western Austraha; Brewer. 



TTpad coarsely punctured ; encarp^ and carina obsolete ; 

 anSnnt no Sf'tbe length of the body five outer jo-ts 

 p?ceo-fuscous, the six lower ones obscure fulvous. Thoiax 



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