of the Genus Catasarcus. 25 



Length 5 lines. 



Hab. — Champion Bay. 



The punctures on the elytra of this species are large 

 enough to be called fovoEe, and this peculiarity^ with the 

 broader intervals between them.; or, in other words, 

 their fewness, make this one of the best marked species 

 of the genus. 



13. Catasarcus macidatus. 



Oblong oval, or nearly elliptic, black, scarcely shining ; 

 head between the eyes, and rostrum, of equal breadth, the 

 former with four strongly-marked carinse in front, the 

 two intermediate stouter, the outer groove on each side, 

 and those on the rostrum, filled with yellow scales ; pro- 

 thorax moderately transverse, rather long, gradually 

 broader to the middle at the sides, then straight to the 

 base, the two transverse grooves nearly obsolete, very 

 regularly and minutely granulate above, and speckled 

 with small yellow, scales and setse; scutellum very small; 

 elytra slightly convex, seriate-punctate, the punctures 

 pentagonal, largest at the . sides, filled with close-set 

 yellow scales, the intei^vals apparently flat and glabrous, 

 under a powerful lens they are seen to be slightly rugose, 

 and closely covei'ed with a fine tomentose pubescence, 

 post-humeral spine very small ; body beneath black, with 

 yellow scales; legs brownish-red, with very small scat- 

 tered yellow hairs; antennae reddish-brown, with black 

 seta?, the first joint of the funicle not much longer than 

 the second. 



Length 6 lines. 



Hah. — King George's Sound. 



This is an exceedingly well-marked species, and not 

 uncommon in collections. 



14. Catasarcus transversalis. 

 Germar, Linn. Entom. iii. 212. 



Shortly ovate, black, with a few grayish-white scales 

 in the impressed portions ; prothorax nearly glabrous, a 

 few very nearly obsolete punctures only, lying between 

 the broadly impressed transverse grooves. 



Length 4 lines. 



Hah. — Adelaide, and Champion Bay. 



