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thickly punctured than the rest of the body, with the lateral 

 margins straight, very finely crenulated, and with a blackish line 

 close to each lateral margin. Scutellum with the apex testaceous. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra with the outer margins blackish, 

 the extreme edge of the basal portion finely crenulated with 

 minute whitish tubercles. Membrane brown, slightly brassy, 

 with the nervures darker. Margins of the abdomen banded with 

 yellow and black or brown (the dark band being hindmost), 

 and irrorated with minute whitish elevated points. Body be- 

 neath testaceous ; breast punctured and furnished with minute 

 whitish elevations, but less thickly than the upper surface ; ab- 

 domen impunctate, but with the disc rather thickly, the sides 

 more sparingly, covered with minute elevated points. Legs 

 brownish testaceous, covered with minute elevated whitish points ; 

 anterior and intermediate thighs brownish towards the apex, 

 tibiae brownish towards the base ; posterior thighs considerably 

 thickened, with the upper surface brown, irrorated with whitish 

 points and with two indistinct rows of larger dots ; furnished be- 

 neath with two rows of small teeth ; posterior tibiae compressed, 

 slightly curved inwards at the middle, outwards at the apex ; the 

 inner margin with an acute tooth at the middle, and the apical 

 half finely denticulated ; tarsi pale testaceous, with the claws 

 tipped with black. Rostrum short, not reaching the anterior 

 coxae, pale testaceous, with the tip of the last joint black. An- 

 tennae pale brown, becoming paler towards the apex ; second 

 joint longer than the third; first three joints and the base of the 

 fourth covered with whitish elevated points like those of the 

 body ; apical portion of the last joint clothed with hairs. 

 a. Australia. 



2. AMORBUS hirticulus, n. s. 



A. supra pallide fuscus, punctatus, subhirsutus ; pectore ochraceo, 

 punctate ; femoribus fuscescentibus, tibiis testaceis ; antenna- 

 rum articulo basali fuscescenti, 2do et 3tio fulvis, apicali fusco, 

 basi testaceo. $ ? 

 Long. lin. 10. 



Elongate ovate ; above pale brown, thickly punctured with 

 brown, and with a short, whitish hair accompanying each of the 

 punctures. Head blackish towards the sides. Thorax with the 

 lateral margins slightly curved, somewhat reflexed. Scutellum 

 with the tip pale. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with the 

 basal half of the outer margin blackish ; membrane brown, 

 darker towards the inner basal angle. Abdomen wanting. 

 Breast ochraceous, rather cotrsely punctured, and with several 

 short white hairs; mesosternum with two longitudinal black 



