256 Mr. J. S. Baly's Descriptions of 



of the. body, their surface covered with long adpressed pu- 

 bescence, finer than that on the body. Thorax rather longer 

 than broad, suh-cylindricyl, sides rounded, obliquely narrowed 

 from the middle to the base, narrowed in front, armed before the 

 middle with three or four stout obtuse teeth, placed in an oblique 

 row ; anterior margin slightly produced, convex ; surface closely 

 and coarsely punctured, almost entirely covered with four or five 

 large shallow excavations. Scutellum sub-trigonate, sinuate on 

 the sides, the apex rounded, surface closely covered with ad- 

 pressed hairs. Elytra considerably broader than the thorax ; 

 sides parallel, apex regularly rounded; above convex, trans- 

 versely depressed below tiie basilar space, shoulders laterally pro- 

 minent, their apex rounded and compressed,- its edge indistinctly 

 sinuate ; surface somewhat closely covered with large round 

 deeply impressed punctures, longitudinally arranged in striae ; on 

 each elytra are four rows of elevated oblong tubercles, the inner 

 one most distinct, the others only visible on the hinder half of the 

 surface. Under part of body sub-opaque, abdomen less closely 

 punctured ; hinder pair of thighs not extending to the apex of 

 the elytra, and not thicker than the rest. 

 Hab. Sydney. Collected by Mr. Hunter. 



TABULAR LIST OF THE SPECIES OF SAGRA. 



Divisio L Elytra basi elevata, infra basin transversim depressa. 



L Fcmoribus poslic'is\ maris intus ad basin glabris ; subtus ajnce 

 emijirginatis, lihiis postlcis apice Iridentatis. 

 * femoribus posticis subtus tridentatis. 



Sp. 1. Biiqueti't, Lesson. 



Var. A (mas). Minor ; tibiis posticis simplicibus, apice breviter 

 mucronatis. 



Sagra perlucida, Lacord. 

 ** Femoribus posticis subtus bidenlatis, dente poslico in medio 

 emargiiuitiunis posito. 



Sp. 2. nigriln, Oliv. 



Var. A {mas). Femoribus posticis subtus tridentatis ; tibiis 

 ejusdem paris simplicibus, apice leviter mucronatis, 

 intus ante apicem iiiterdum obsolete unidentatis. 



X In the following Table the characters are drawn, unless otherwise stated, 

 jQ'om the normal forms ol the fully developed males of the various species. 



