and Species of Longicorn Coleoptera. 59 



tured, the apex chalybeate blue ; prothorax with two tubercles on 

 its disc, with short thickset hairs, not always present however; 

 antennae sparingly pilose, the fifth and following joints dilated on 

 one side ; third anterior tarsal joint narrower than the second. 



Length 11 lines. 



The tuft on the third antennal joint, which is supposed to cha- 

 racterise this genus, is deciduous. 



Temnosternus dissimilis. 



T. piceus, fulvescente-pubescens ; prothorace fortiter punctato, 

 transverso, utrinque dentato ; elytris latioribus, medio-cari- 

 natis, acuminatis, profunda punctatis, albo-fuscoque variegatis. 



Moreton Bay. 



Dark brown, with a close fulvous pubescence ; head greyish 

 white in front ; prothorax transverse, strongly punctured, with a 

 broad, smooth, elevated, longitudinal line ; elytra broader than 

 the thorax, coarsely punctured, keeled along the back, acuminate 

 at the apex, the sides at about the middle having a large brown 

 patch, bordered, except at the external margin, with white and 

 shading off into yellowish posteriorly, with a few spots of white 

 again ; antennae, legs and body beneath greyish ; middle of the 

 abdomen pitchy. 



Length 7 lines. 



Melon Digglesii. 

 • M. fuscus, grisescente-tomentosus ; prothorace lateribus for- 

 titer spinosis, fusco-bivittato ; elytris apice macula sub- 

 ocellata ornatis. 

 Moreton Bay. 



Dark brown, with a dense pale yellowish grey pile ; a broad 

 dark stripe behind the eye and along the sides of the prothorax, 

 which has a strong lateral spine; scutellum small, rounded; elytra 

 much wider than the thorax, tuberous and granulated at the base, 

 smoky brown, darker towards the middle posteriorly, with a large 

 comma-shaped spot having a clear yellowish grey border ; lower 

 third of the tibiae and tarsi varied with black. 

 Length 8 lines. 



Symphyletes c'mnaviomeus. 



S. fuscus, cinereo-pubescens, luteo-irroratus ; prothorace punc- 

 tato, disco tuberculis duobus ; elytris basi bicristatis, granu- 

 latis, apice bidentatis, fascia curvatd humerali brunnea, altera 

 lata apicali. 



Moreton Bay. 



