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one-fourth the length of the elytra, and an irregular transverse 
black band across the middle, which in some varieties is joined by 
the inner basal black patch. Suture black. Under side of body 
rufous brown, covered with short, silvery, widely spread hairs. 
Legs and tarsi rufous brown; femora marked with a black line 
along the upper surface. 
Length 53%, inch. 
Habitat New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land. 
In the Collections of J. O. Westwood, Esq. and the Rev. F. W. 
Hope. 
Sp. 3. Prionopleura Hopei, mihi. 
Head rufous brown, with a broad black band down the fore- 
head, between the eyes, and an oval spot of the same colour in 
front, on a line with the antenne. Eyes black. Antenne rather 
longer than the body, deep rufous brown, with the upper surface 
of the first joint, the whole of the terminal joint, and apex of the 
last joint but one, black. Thorax black, with a narrow margin of 
deep rufous brown, except just in front of the scutellum, where 
the black reaches the margin. Scutellum black, shining, smooth. 
Elytra deep rufous brown, deeply and coarsely punctured, with 
eight slightly elevated ridges, giving a rugose appearance, having 
two black patches at the base, one on the shoulders, and the other 
larger near the scutellum, which is prolonged posteriorly alongside 
the suture, and joins an irregular black transverse band, which 
crosses the middle. Under side of the body dull pitchy brown, 
with lighter shades, covered with short silvery adpressed hairs. 
Legs deep rufous brown; the femora with.a black line along the 
upper side; tibice, with the apices, black. Tarsi black. 
Length -%2, inch. 
Habitat Van Diemen’s Land. 
In the Collections of the Rev. F. W. Hope and J. O. Westwood, 
Esq. 
This species is allied to the preceding, but abundantly differs in 
the colour of the head, thorax and legs, and in the smaller size. 
Sp. 4. Prionopleura crux-nigra, Hope, MSS. | 
Head dark rufous brown, deeply immersed in the thorax, sprin- 
kled with short silvery hairs ; parts of the mouth yellow. Eyes 
black. Antennze deep rufous brown, the terminal joint black. 
