538 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse's Notes on 



furnished near the apex on the under side with an obtuse 

 tooth. The posterior tibife are proportionately longer, 

 very slender, and are produced beyond the insertion of the 

 tarsus (nearly to a level with the third joint), in the form 

 of a spur, which is obliquely truncate at the apex. 



RUTELID^. 

 Anoplognathus quadrilineatus , sp. nov. 



Testaceus, nitidus ; corpore subtus seneo-piceo ; fronte 

 maculls duabus parvis, thorace lineis quatuor longitudi- 

 nalibus, scutelli lateribus obscure reneis. Elytris sutura, 

 lateribus, maculaque ad basin pallidis. Antennis pedibus- 

 que piceis. 



$ . Clypeo sat parce punctulato, marginibus reflexis ; 

 tibiis anticis bidentatis. 



2. Clvpeo dense sat rugoso-punctato, marginibus vix 

 incrassatis ; tibiis anticis tridentatis. 



Long. 7 lin. ; lat. 3| lin. 



Oblong, a little broader posteriorly, moderately convex. 

 Head with the forehead sparingly punctured, with two small 

 spots on the vertex ; clypeus transverse, rounded in front, 

 only separated from the head by a very faint line at the 

 sides. Eyes prominent. Thorax a little more than twice as 

 broad as long, delicately and not very thickly punctured, 

 emarginate in front, bisinuate behind ; the sides gently 

 rounded in front ; anterior angles somewhat acute. On each 

 side there are two longitudinal pitchy-green narrow lines ; 

 the central pair nearly parallel, straight, notched on the 

 inner side in the middle ; the outer pair nearly in the form 



of ] [ ■ The elytra are scarcely broader than the thorax 

 at the base, a little wider behind, obtusely rounded at the 

 apex, somewhat thickly and strongly punctured, semi- 

 transparent, with the sides, the suture, and a triangular spot 

 in the centre of the base of each elytron, opaque yellowish- 

 white. There is also a very small oblique pitchy spot on 

 the extreme base of each elytron. The sides of the abdo- 

 men and sternum are thickly punctured. 

 Ilab. — Queensland. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



This insect differs from the typical form of Anoplo- 

 gnathus in the form of the head, and in not having the 

 clypeus separated from the forehead except at the sides. 



