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sequali) ut pronotum punctulatis ; tibiis anticis ut A. 

 fiLnerei, Blackb., dentatis ; tarsis anticis brevibus, posti- 

 corum articulo 2° quam basalis vix duplo longiori. 

 Long., 21 1. ; lat., 1 J 1. 



Tlie pilosity of the pronotum of this species is of a some- 

 what darl?:er tone of colour on the middle of the disc than 

 elsewhere, though very different in colour from that of the 

 preceding species. In that respect, however, the insect must 

 be regarded as somewhat intermediate between the two aggre- 

 gates which I have distinguished Dy the colour of the pilosity 

 of the pronotum. The only sex known to me (the female) is, 

 however, quite incapable of confusion with any other female 

 AutomoJus that I have seen, on account of the presence of a 

 wide, glabrous, and brilliantly nitid vitta near the lateral 

 border, traversing the whole length of the elytra and divid- 

 ing the otherwise uniformly pilose surface by a kind of lane 

 which presents a very characteristic appearance if the insect 

 be looked at obliquely from in front. I have not been able 

 to identify the male of the species, but as I have seen four 

 examples of the female I suspect that the other sex is among 

 the Automoli before me, and is not distinguishable by any 

 very noticeable character from the male of A, depressus, 

 Blanch. 



New South Wales (sent by Mr. Lea from Galston). 

 A. pictus, sp. nov. Mas. Ovatus ; subnitidus; piceo-niger, an- 

 tennis (clava excepta) palpis pedibus et in elytris macula 

 magna discoidali ovali obliqua rufis ; pilis erectis sub- 

 tilibus pallidis sat elongatis vestitus ; antennis 8-articu- 

 latis (?), clava quam articuli ceteri conjuncti baud bre- 

 viori ; clypeo antice late rotundato (vix subtruncato), sat 

 late reflexo, crebre subgranulatim punctulato ; fronte con- 

 vexa, fortiter vix crebre vix rugulose punctulata ; pro- 

 thorace minus transverso, antice sat angustato, supra 

 gequali, grosise minus crebre nee rugulosie punctulato, 

 lateribus parum arcuatis : elytris sat crebre sat fortiter 

 subrugulose vix seriatim punctulatis, vix manifeste costu- 

 latis ; propygidio pygidioque fere ut pronotum punctulatis ; 

 tibiis anticis ut A. fviurei, Blackb., dentatis ; tarsis anti- 

 cis modice elongatis, posticorum articulo 2" quam basalis 

 multo longiori Fem. latet. Lone:., 2 1. : lat., 1 1. 

 The markings on the elytra of this species (probably con- 

 stant in the male) readily disting-uish it. Other distin- 

 guishing characters are found in the red colour of its legs, 

 the coarse puncturation of its pronotum, the almost complete 

 absence of prominent lines on its elytra (of which there is no 

 trace at all except faint indications of one near the suture). 



