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198 Mr. W. W. Saunders’s Descriptions 
First SUBDIVISION. 
(Elytra with longitudinal elevated ridges more or less distinctly 
marked.) 
Sp. 1. Prionopleura bifasciata, Hope. (Pl. XV. fig. 1, and details.) 
Head rufous brown, with the portion above the insertion of the 
antennze black, except two small lunate spots on the inner margin 
of the eyes; the forehead covered with small elevated points, and 
short silvery hairs. Eyes black. Antenne black, with the second, 
third and fourth joints somewhat rufous, particularly beneath. 
Thorax rufous brown, with a black central longitudinal patch ex- 
tending from margin to margin, somewhat diamond-shaped, and 
two lateral longitudinal black patches, one on each side, somewhat 
lunate, curving inwards. Scutellum slightly elevated behind, black, 
shining. Elytra rufous brown, deeply and coarsely punctured, 
with eight somewhat elevated longitudinal ridges faintly marked, 
having two broad black transverse bands, the first near the tho- 
rax, which narrows slightly in the middle, and extends into the 
shoulders, the second a little below the middle. Suture black. 
Under side of body dull rufous brown, covered with short, stiff, 
widely spread adpressed silvery hairs, the mesosternum dull black. 
Femora black, with the basal portions rufous brown. Tibiz ru- 
fous brown, with the apices black. Tarsi black. 
Length 89, inch. 
Habitat New Holland. 
In the Collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 
A very distinct and pretty species. 
Fig. la, antenna; 1b, prothorax ; 1c, leg. 
Sp. 2. Prionopleura crucicolle. (Cryptocephalus crucicollis, Boisd.) 
Head chesnut brown, covered with small raised points, having a 
black transverse mark across the forehead, close to the margin of 
the thorax, the centre of which is produced forwards into a point. 
Antenne chesnut brown, rather robust. Thorax deep rufous 
brown, with a narrow, transverse, black band across the centre, 
produced in the middle, backwards and forwards, so as to form 
the short arms of a cross. Scutellum black, shining. Elytra deep 
rufous brown, deeply and coarsely punctured, with five distinctly 
elevated longitudinal ridges, and three alternate somewhat obscure 
ridges on the back of each, marked with three longitudinal black 
patches at the base, between the elevated ridges, extending about 
