Australian Longicorn Beetles. 11 



Sp. 1. Enchoptera apicalis. (PI. I. fig. 7.) 



Dark chesnut brown, with the forehead and apices of the fe- 

 mora black; the three terminal joints of the antennae yellow, and 

 the elytra yellowish brown. Head produced into a long, gradu- 

 ally tapering, declining snout, with the face slightly furrowed, and 

 having a bronzy tinge of colour over the dark chesnut, much 

 contracted behind the eyes, which are ovate, black, and situate 

 immediately under the antennae, on the sides of the head. An- 

 tennae 11-jointed, filiform. Thorax about as broad as the head, 

 bulging out in the after portion; the surface somewhat undulating, 

 sub-tuberculate, with a slightly elevated transverse ridge above, 

 in front, and clothed with a short, yellowish, silky pubescence. 

 Scutellum small, triangular. Elytra somewhat broader than the 

 thorax, gradually tapering to a point, gaping at the suture, and 

 not so long as the abdomen, marked above with four elevated 

 ridges. Abdomen clavate, long, 5-jointed. Legs long, attenuated, 

 with the thighs clavate, tarsi moderate. 



Habitat Van Diemen's Land. 



Length -^ inch. 



In my own collection, and that of the British Museum. 



Sp. 2. Enchoptera nigricornis. (PI. I. fig. 5.) 



Head pale chesnut brown, slightly furrowed down the face, 

 and somewhat hairy on the underside of the snout, with the an- 

 tennae pitchy brown, inclining to black. Eyes black. Thorax 

 nearly smooth, cylindrical, slightly rounded at the sides, pale 

 chesnut brown, and clothed with short adpressed silky yellow pu- 

 bescence. Scutellum minute, chesnut brown. Elytra pale ches- 

 nut brown, clothed with yellowish pubescence, and marked with 

 four faintly elevated ridges. Abdomen long, clavate, five-jointed, 

 pale brownish green. Legs pitchy brown, with the anterior and 

 middle thighs yellowish brown. 



Habitat New South Wales. 

 Length \ inch. 



In my own collection and that of the British Museum. 



