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LONGICORNES. 

 Macrones. 

 M. Besti, sp. iiov. Elongatus; rostro testaceo ; palpis obscure 

 brunneis; antennis nigris apicem versus nonnihil pices- 

 centibus; capite jDostice nigro, pone oculos fortiter trans- 

 versim rugato ; prothorace nigro obscure rufescenti, 

 quam latiori sublongiori, subtiliter aspero, tripartito, 

 (hoc superne viso parta antica sat aequali ad latera dila- 

 tata; parte media fortiter elevata, in medio late pro- 

 £unde longitudinaliter sulcata, disco utrinque obsolete bi- 

 tuberculato, angulis posticis subdentiformibus, lateribus 

 valde rotundato-dilatatis : parte postica minus brevi, — fere 

 ut M. rufi, Saund.); scutello nigro; elytris pallide testa- 

 ceis, sutura margine laterali lineisque discoidalibus 2 

 costiformibus, jDarte subsuturali laevi parte externa cre- 

 bre sat fortiter punctulata ; pedibus rufis, femoribus 

 posticis in medio tibiis (basi summa et parte apicali ex- 

 ceptis) tarsisque anterioribus 4 infuscatis : sternis ob- 

 scure rufis, abdoraiue (segmento basali albido excepto) 

 ruf o ; femoribus nonnihil subclavatis, fere ut M. rufi, 

 Saund. Long., 12 1. ; lat., If 1. 



Easily distinguishable from the other described species 

 of the genus by its colouring. Apart from colouring and size 

 th3 known species of Macrones resemble each other rather 

 closely. The following characters in combination, however, 

 separate the present species satisfactorily from the rest (ex- 

 cept suhdavafus, Pasc. which I do not know, but which is 

 very differently coloured) : eyes large (as in rufus), and 

 round; head very strongly wrinkled transversely in hind 

 part; intermediate area of pronotum widely and equally sul- 

 cate in its whole length and having its sides roundly dilate ; 

 basal area of pronotum as long as in rufus; femora compara- 

 tively robust and subclavate (as in rufus). In respect of 

 colouring, the head and prothorax black or dark piceous w^ith 

 the muzzle testaceous (almost whitish) separate this Mac- 

 rones from all the others yet described. 



Victoria : Buffalo Mount ; taken by Messrs. Best and 

 French, jun. 



PHYTOPHAGA. 

 Paropsis. 

 r. ncclivis, sp. nov, Mas. Sat late subovata, minus convexa, 

 altitudine majori (a latere visa) sat longe pone marginem 

 medium posita : modice nitida ; ferruginea, elytris verrii- 

 cis nigris ornatis, corpore snbtus nigro rufo-variegato, 

 antennis basi excepta obscuris ; capite insequali minus 

 subtiliter sat rugulose punctulato, basin summam versus 



