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Territory of South Australia fS. A. MuseuiaJ ; New South 

 Wales, Lord Howe Island ( Walker). 



The siDecimen from which the above description was drawn up 

 was presented by the Hon. S. Magarey in 1886, and differs only 

 in the italicised particulars from Brunner's description. 



Panesthia Javaxica, Serville (loc. cit.). 



Br., Syst., 393, fig. 58 ; F. affinis, Burm. ; P. cethiops, Stal ; 

 F. qtoach'imaculatcf, Walk, (larva). 



" Black, very shining. Pronotum of male deeply and broadly 

 incised in front with horn-like angles, middle dentate ; incision 

 of female triangular, sides and middle dentate. Elytra longer 

 than the body, very shining, veins indistinct. Abdomen with 

 last segment entire, hindangles produced, tooth-like. Supra-anal 

 lamina denticulate. Larva with four spots. 



Male. Female. 



Length of body .. . ... 31-45 mm. 4 



mm. 



Length of elytra ... 24-37 " 33 " 



Length of pronotum ... 6-10 " 9 " 



Width of pronotum ... 10-16 " 14 " 



Habitat. — Java, Philippine Islands, Cambodia, Birma ( Brun- 

 ner); India, Australia (Walker, Brit. Mus. Cat., 20)." 



Panesthia transversa, Burm. 



Handb. II., 513; ^n, Syst., 395; 7^. ;;%i«^«. Walker (Brit. 

 Mus. Cat., 21). 



Black, shining. Pronotum with frontal incision of male deep, 

 sides and middle horn-like elevated ; of female much less deep, 

 lateral and medial tubercles tooth-like, disk deej^ly excavated 

 anteriorly, a curved transverse ridge behind the depression. 

 Elytra with the costal area suddenly abbreviated before the 

 middle, much narrowed beyond, margin dusky yellowish ; a 

 broad, interrupted, oblique yellow band before the middle. 



Length of body 

 Length of elytra . . . 

 Length of pronotum 

 Width of pronotum 



Habitat. — 3 ax ?^ {Burm.) ; Ceylon {Walker); Northern Tei 

 tory of South Australia. 



The specimen of a male from which the description and 

 measurements have been supplemented, was captured by my 

 brother, Mr. J. P. TejDper, near Port Darwin, about 1874. 



Panesthia australis, Brunner (Syst., 396). 

 Deep black ; part of the underside brown. Pronotum of male 



