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transverse near the margins), among whicli may be faintly 

 traced some four or five running lengthwise down the el3^tra 

 besides a well-defined sutural stria ; the intervals between some 

 of these furrows are not quite flat. The pygidium is closely 

 Siud obscurely punctuate, and is clothed with very short, very 

 closely set, erect hairs. The colour of the hind body varies 

 from obscure ferruginous, a little clouded with dark brown, to 

 nearly uniform dark brown. The legs do not seem to differ at 

 iill from those of Wiopcsa, having the anterior tibiae tridentate 

 externally, the four posterior with a small external spine in- 

 stead of a carina. The anterior tarsi are a little longer than, 

 the intermediate equal to, the posterior a little shorter than, 

 their tibise. On the hind tibiae the inner apical spine is no- 

 ticeably longer and straighter than the outer one. 



In the male the basal joint of the antennas is pear shaped 

 and not very elongate, the second very short, the third nearly 

 as long as the first (bent outwards, but with a strong angula- 

 tion on the inner margin), the fourth slightly shorter than the 

 remaining six, with which it forms a very elongate (as long as 

 the anterior tibia down to the insertion of the tarsus) and 

 narrow club. 



In the only female before me the club is unfortunately 

 broken off both antennas ; the apical ventral segment is very 

 short. 



I have received this insect from Mr. Rothe, of Sedan ; there 

 is a specimen from Kangaroo Island (taken by Mr. Tepper) in 

 the South Australian Museum, w^hich also possesses a specimen 

 much paler in colour from Port Victor. 



jST.B. — I should conjecture that the apical spurs of the an- 

 terior tibias had been accidentally broken off the type on which 

 Dr. Burmeister's description is founded. If this were the case 

 jB[. Australis would still differ from it in its much larger size 

 (furfuracea is said to be " somewhat smaller than Uliiz sols- 

 titialis'") and in the well-defined sutural stria of the elytra, 

 j&c, &c. 



LEPIDIOTA. 



Zi. JRothei, sp. nov. Elongata-ovata ; convexa ; supra sparsim, 

 subtus densissime, albo-squamulata ; capite prothoraceque 

 sparsius profunde, elytris crebre sat fortiter, punctulatis ; 

 his singulis quadricostatis. Long. 81., lat. 41. (vix). 



The clypeus is about four times as wide as long, reflexed, and 

 emarginate in front ; it and the head are covered not very 

 closely with large deep punctures. The prothorax is nearly 

 twdce as wdde as down the middle it is long ; its base is nearly 

 half again as wide as its front margin; its sides are very 

 strongly dilated, the prothorax being at its widest just behind 



