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in front between the eyes, on the back part of the head. Thorax 

 above black, sides and a narrow line down the middle yellow. 

 Elytra gi'adually tapering to the end, black with the margin at 

 the base yellow, and a somewhat broader line of the same colour 

 near the suture ; on each elytron are three yellow spots, the 

 middle one largest and tipped with red on the outside. Legs 

 and under side greenish yellow ; three last segments of abdomen 

 beneath of a rust colour with four longitudinal rows of yellow 

 spots. 



Length about 6 lines. 



Hab. New Holland, (Swan River.) 



Clerus? obesus. pi. I, Jig. 0. 



Head brassy brown ; thorax brownish yellow, glossy ; elyti'a 

 with more than the basal half deep blue, with regular deeply 

 pitted punctures, close to each other, an elevated knob at the 

 base in the middle, the apical portion smooth purplish black, 

 the smooth place on the suture running into the pitted part, 

 between the two are four short ti'ansverse lines of whitish hairs, 

 two on each elytron ; near the tip are two oblique patches of 

 white hairs : head finely punctulate, covered with short hairs. 

 Thorax as it were two lobed behind, an angular depression in the 

 middle, and somewhat narrowed in front ; legs" deep blue with 

 whiteish hairs. Length o lines. 



Hab. New Holland. 



This curious species bears the above name of Mr. Newman, 

 in the collection of the British Museum, I cannot find his 

 description of it, and not having seen Spinola's work, cannot 

 refer it to its particular genus. 



SiTARIDA, W/iite. 



Head broader than long, swollen behind the eyes ; antennae 

 11-jointed, first joint the longest, bent and gradually thickened 

 towards the tip, second joint thin and cup-shaped, half the depth 

 of third joint which is squareish, fourth joint oblong, dilated 

 anteriorly at the ends, and larger than second and third together, 

 fifth to the tenth joints somewhat lamellate, nearly as long as the 



