270 Mr. W. W. Saunders on Pleomorpha. 
faintly punctured. Elytra shining, punctato-striate; the punctures 
of the strize, adjoining the external margin, deeper than those on 
the disk. Underside of abdomen clothed with short whitish ad- 
pressed hairs. 
Length 13, inch. 
In the Collection of Capt, Parry. 
From Australia. 
Sp. 5. Pleomorpha atra, W. W. S. 
Entirely black, excepting the underside of the two first joints of 
the antenn, which is rufous, and the joints forming the club of 
the antennz and tarsi, which are pitchy brown. Head, with the 
mandibles considerably projecting, minutely punctate. Thorax 
shining, smooth, minutely and faintly punctured. Elytra shining, 
punctato-striate. 
Length +1; inch. 
In the Collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 
From Western Australia. 
A nearly allied species to the foregoing, but differs in the size 
and colour. 
P.S,--Some of the species of this genus are taken on the leaves 
of several species of Acacia, in South Australia. 
