62 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



again as wide ; sides subparallel above the middle ; apex 

 rounded, extremely finely denticulated. Underside ru- 

 gosely punctured, with a gray pubescent spot on each 

 side of the breast and of the three posterior abdominal 

 segments ; legs punctured. 



Length 3 lines ; breadth Ij lines. 



Hab. Moriatta. 



Gen. AGRILUS, Me^gerle. 

 1. Agrilus hypoleucus, (PL IV. fig. 29). 



(Hope, Bupr. p. 13); L. & G. ii. Ag. 37, pi. viii. fig. 48. 



Agrilus purpuratus, Hope, Tr. Ent. Soc. iv. 217. 



Agrilus assimilis, Hope, ihid. 



" Capite nigro-violaceo, fronte flavis capillis obsita; tho- 

 race violaceo, lateribus luteis ; elytris purpurascen- 

 tibus. Corpore infra cupreo, annulis abdominis albo 

 maculatis.^' (Hope). 



Brown-purple. Antennae bronzy. 



Head with a white pubescent spot above the mouth, 

 produced upwards towards the forehead in the centre, 

 and with a semicircular white spot between the eyes. 

 Thorax with a spot on each side near the anterior angle, 

 and the dorsal line, white. Elytra with the suture near 

 the apex pubescent. Underside with the sides of the 

 thorax and breast, and two spots, one on each side of the 

 abdominal segments, covered with a whitish pubescence. 

 The sides of the abdomen above bordering the elytra of 

 the same colour. 



Head deeply punctured, slightly furrowed in front. 

 Thorax a quarter as broad again as long ; anterior mar- 

 gin produced, about the same length as the base ; sides 

 almost straight ; base slightly bisinuate ; disk punctured, 

 and transversely ridged, with an impressed dorsal line ; 

 sides near the anterior angles also impressed. Elytra 

 three times as long as wide ; sides slightly sinuate above 

 the middle ; apex finely denticulate ; disk rugose, with a 

 slightly raised longitudinal line on each elytron. Under- 

 side and legs punctured, covered with fine white hairs. 



Length 4 lines ; breadth 1 line. 



Hab. Moriatta, West Australia. 



