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  with 
  the 
  shoulders 
  prominent, 
  but 
  rounded, 
  the 
  width 
  gradually 
  decreasing 
  to 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  which 
  is 
  rounded 
  ; 
  nearest 
  to 
  Rhyssomatus 
  in 
  aflBnity, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  sim- 
  

   ple 
  diverging 
  claws 
  (those 
  in 
  Rhyssomattix 
  being 
  bifid), 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  humeral 
  

   angles 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  prominent 
  : 
  rostrum 
  long, 
  sub-carinated 
  ; 
  antennae 
  with 
  two 
  basal 
  

   joints 
  of 
  funiculus 
  longish 
  obconic, 
  the 
  rest 
  short 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  much 
  approximated 
  in 
  

   front 
  : 
  thorax 
  constricted 
  in 
  front, 
  then 
  dilated 
  with 
  a 
  rounded 
  outline, 
  with 
  a 
  much 
  

   elevated 
  keel 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  part. 
  

  

  Hi/bophorus 
  rufo-tuberosus 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  without 
  scales 
  ; 
  thorax 
  with 
  a 
  transverse 
  row 
  

   of 
  large 
  punctures 
  in 
  front, 
  interrupted 
  by 
  the 
  large 
  central 
  keel, 
  and 
  some 
  coarse 
  

   punctures 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  ; 
  elytra 
  with 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  suture 
  smooth, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   place 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  stria, 
  with 
  widely 
  separated 
  depressions, 
  each 
  bearing 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  

   a 
  small 
  glossy 
  black 
  granule, 
  the 
  remaining 
  parts 
  very 
  uneven, 
  with 
  irregular 
  and 
  

   obtuse 
  tubercles, 
  the 
  crowns 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  red, 
  the 
  interspaces 
  having 
  scattered 
  black 
  

   granules 
  ; 
  of 
  the 
  tubercles 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  shoulder 
  is 
  very 
  large, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  may 
  be 
  

   said 
  of 
  a 
  second, 
  which 
  is 
  placed 
  about 
  midway 
  between 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   elytra, 
  and 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  suture; 
  femora 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  tooth 
  beneath, 
  rather 
  be- 
  

   yond 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  tooth 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  apex. 
  Length 
  3| 
  lines 
  ; 
  

   width 
  2\ 
  lines. 
  Hab. 
  Australia. 
  Probably 
  Moreton 
  Bay. 
  

  

  March 
  7, 
  1853. 
  

  

  Edward 
  Newman, 
  Esq., 
  President, 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  donations 
  were 
  announced, 
  and 
  thanks 
  ordered 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  

   donors 
  : 
  — 
  The 
  ' 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  for 
  March 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  ' 
  Athenaeum 
  ' 
  for 
  Febru- 
  

   ary; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  'Literary 
  Gazette' 
  for 
  February; 
  by 
  the 
  Editor. 
  The 
  

   'Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  Arts;' 
  by 
  the 
  Society. 
  ' 
  Insecta 
  Saundersiana. 
  — 
  Diptera, 
  

   Part 
  IV.;' 
  by 
  W. 
  W. 
  Saunders, 
  Esq. 
  ' 
  Entomologiscbe 
  Zeitung' 
  for 
  November, 
  

   1852, 
  and 
  January, 
  1853 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  Stettin. 
  ' 
  Annales 
  de 
  la 
  

   Societe 
  Entomologique 
  de 
  France,' 
  1851 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Society. 
  ' 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  

   Society,' 
  Vol. 
  vi.. 
  No. 
  94 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  Society. 
  Boxes 
  of 
  English 
  Lepidoplera 
  from 
  the 
  

   following 
  gentlemen 
  :— 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Bond, 
  Major 
  Sheppard, 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  F. 
  Slieppard, 
  Mr. 
  Ed- 
  

   win 
  Shepherd, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Boyd. 
  A 
  box 
  of 
  English 
  Micro-Lepidoptera 
  ; 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Douglas. 
  Two 
  boxes 
  of 
  European 
  Lepidoptera; 
  by 
  M. 
  Becker, 
  of 
  Paris. 
  One 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  lists 
  of 
  British 
  Lepidoptera 
  ; 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Dunning. 
  

  

  These 
  lists 
  were 
  presented 
  for 
  the 
  special 
  purpose 
  of 
  benefiting 
  the 
  Society's 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  British 
  Lepidoptera, 
  by 
  having 
  the 
  desiderata 
  marked 
  thereon, 
  and 
  then 
  

   circulated 
  among 
  those 
  members 
  who 
  had 
  duplicate 
  specimens 
  to 
  give 
  away. 
  Messrs. 
  

   A. 
  F. 
  Sheppard 
  and 
  Edwin 
  Shepherd 
  had 
  so 
  marked 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  lists, 
  and 
  the 
  above 
  

   donations 
  of 
  English 
  Lepidoptera 
  were 
  the 
  first 
  result. 
  

  

  