200 Mr. W. W. Saunders’s Descriptions 
Thorax very dark rufous brown, sprinkled with short silvery hairs, 
with a black transverse band across the centre, which is produced 
in the middle, backwards and forwards, so as to form the short 
arms of a cross. Elytra deeply and coarsely punctured, with a 
few short silvery hairs near the apex; with nine longitudinal 
ridges, the five nearest the suture distinctly defined ; dark rufous 
brown, with a narrow longitudinal black streak on the shoulders, 
and a broad sickle-shaped black band, commencing near the scu- 
tellum, which extends down the suture to near the middle, and 
thence curving in a transverse direction towards the external 
margin, along which it runs nearly to the shoulders. Under side 
of the body pitchy brown, with short adpressed silvery hairs. Legs 
deep rufous brown ; femora with a black line along the upper 
surface. Tarsi rufous brown. 
Length =25, inch. 
Habitat New Holland. 
In the Collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 
Another species nearly allied to P. erucicollis, but chiefly differ- 
ing in the position of the markings on the elytra. 
Sp. 5. Prionopleura flavocincta, mihi. 
Head rufous brown, with a black transverse mark across the 
hinder part of the forehead. Eyes black. Antenne rufous brown, 
with the two terminal joints black, about the length of the body. 
Thorax bright rufous brown, with a broad transverse central band 
produced in the middle, giving it somewhat a diamond shape. 
Scutellum dark brown. Elytra closely and minutely punctured, 
with nine distinct somewhat elevated ridges, deep rufous brown, 
crossed somewhat above the middle with a broad orange band, 
margined on each side with an interrupted black line. Under 
side of the body rufous brown, covered with short silvery ad- 
pressed hairs, the mesosternum having a large central triangular 
black patch. Legs and tarsi rufous brown; each femur with a 
black patch on the upper surface. 
Length -2°, inch. 
Habitat New Holland. Capt. Roe. 
In the Collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 
A small and well marked species. 
