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points like those on the head and thorax; the apex slightly 

 elevated, yellowish white. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 thickly punctured, and covered with minute, white, elevated 

 points, and with numerous scattered, irregular brown patches; 

 membrane pitchy. Margins of the abdomen very prominent,, 

 pitchy black, covered with very minute, elevated, whitish points, 

 with a small yellow spot on the edge of each segment close to 

 the base, and the posterior margin of each segment, reddish. 

 Abdomen beneath red, covered with minute, pale, elevated points. 

 Breast pitchy, thickly and rather strongly punctured, and covered 

 with numerous, very minute pale, elevated points. Legs black- 

 ish, covered with minute pale brown or whitish points ; poste- 

 rior thighs much thickened, with a tolerably distinct ridge along 

 the upper surface, and a strong tooth near the apex beneath ; 

 posterior tibiae compressed and widened from the base to beyond 

 the middle ; the wide portion terminated on the inner margin by 

 a somewhat acute tooth; the apical portion curved outwards, 

 with four or five denticulations on its inner margin. Rostrum 

 pitchy, becoming reddish towards the apex, with the tip black. 

 Antennae black ; first three joints and the base of the fourth co- 

 vered with minute, elevated, whitish points, the remainder of the 

 fourth joint hairy; second and third joints about equal, longer 

 than the first. 



a. Kangaroo Island. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



7. AMORBUS rhombeus. 



Physomerus rhombeus, Hope, Cat. 9 (1842). 

 a. -- . From Mr. Children's Collection. 



8. AMORBUS rhombifer. 



Physomerus rhombifer, Hope, Cat. 9 (1842). 



a. New Holland. 



b. Philippine Islands. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



9. AMORBUS discolor, n. s. 



A. supra obscure fuscus, punctatus, subtus fulvus ; antennis con- 

 coloribus, articulo tertio, pallidiori, subferrugineo, apicali basi 

 albido ; abdominis marginibus nigricantibus, fulvo-fasciatis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 6J. 



Above dark brown, obscure, thickly and rather finely punc- 

 tured, and clothed with minute yellow hairs. Head blackish, 

 with the antenniferous tubercles brown, and with a reddish brown 

 longitudinal streak on the vertex. Thorax rugose, with the la- 

 teral margins irregularly denticulate, the lateral angles somewhat 



