Australian BuprtstidcB. 55 



Head punctured, with a very deep longitudinal cut 

 between the eyes ; the sides of the forehead forming two 

 carinfe bordering the eyes. Thorax half as broad again 

 as long ; anterior margin very slightly produced, a little 

 more than half the length of the base ; sides rounded ; 

 base bisinuate ; surface punctured, vermiculate, and 

 slightly tomentose ; lateral carinte short, straight, and 

 strongly marked. Elytra two-fifths as long again as wide ; 

 sides subparallel as far as the middle ; apex rounded ; 

 disk punctate, the punctures elongated and arranged in 

 rows, the interstices finely punctured. Underside shining, 

 vermiculate, the breast and the anterior margin of the 

 abdominal segments slightly pubescent ; legs punctured. 



Length 5 lines ; breadth 2 lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



2. Ethon subfasciatum, (PI. IV. fig. 17). 



DipJiucrania suhfasciata, (Hoj^e, Bupr. p. 11). 



" yEnea, capite inter oculos profunde impresso, thorace 

 aui"eo-tomentoso, elytris integerrimis sericeis sub- 

 striatis, ad apicem flaveolo tomento fasciatis. Cor- 

 pore infra geneo et albo-tomentoso." (Hope) . 



Head and thorax dull bronzy. Elytra dark coppery 

 brown, with numerous small spots and two transverse 

 bands near the apex of a yellow pubescence. Underside 

 and legs bronzy. 



Head large, swollen, very deeply impressed between 

 the eyes, punctured, and covered with yellow hairs. 

 Thorax not quite twice as broad as long ; anterior mar- 

 gin slightly emarginate, three-quarters the length of the 

 base ; sides diverging for a little more than half their 

 length, then nearly parallel to the base, which has a 

 rounded median loloe ; disk with a scattered yellow pu- 

 bescence, deeply punctured with elongate punctures 

 having the appearance of short slits, which are arranged 

 in semicircular curves. Elytra three-quarters as long 

 again as wide ; shoulders rather prominent; sides very 

 slightly sinuate above the middle ; apices rounded ; sur- 

 face regularly punctured in lines, the punctures like those 

 on the thorax, and resembling short slits. Underside 

 punctured, covered with silvery white hairs. 



Length 4| lines; breadth 2 lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



