Mr. A. White on Telocera Wollastoni. 355 



longer, and about equal in length; fifth, sixth, seventh and 



eighth joints about equal 



in length, each longer than 



the fourth ; ninth, tenth 



and eleventh dilated, and 



forming a distinct club; 



the ninth triangular, trun- 

 cated at tip ; the tenth 



somewhat cup-shaped; the 



eleventh somewhat globose, 



rounded at the tip; these 



last three joints slightly flat- 

 tened. 

 Thorax longer than wide, broadest about the middle, where it 



bulges but is not tubercled, narrower than elytra at the base. 

 Scutellum large, somewhat sunk, pointed. 

 Elytra narrow, elongated ; shoulders prominent. 

 Eyes largish, very much emarginate in front, near the insertion 



of antennse. 

 Femora strongly clavate. 



Telocera Wollastoni, n. s. 



T. capita, antennis, abdomine pedibusque nigris, thorace fasciaque 

 elytrorum transversa postmediana miniaceo-rubris, elytris cseruleo- 

 viridibus. Long. lin. 4. 



Uab. Australia (Moreton Bay ? Sydney ?) . 



Thomse Vernon "Wollaston, Entomologo prsestantissimo, auctori opens 

 eximii, ' Insecta Maderensia,' viatori indefesso, in scientia literisque 

 humanioribus erudito, coleopteron hoc pulchrum dedicatur. 



Antennse, head, abdomen and legs black. Thorax vermilion- 

 red, punctured, and thickly clothed with erect hairs. Elytra 

 at apex rounded, bluish green, with a broad red band across 

 them behind the middle, and colouring the suture and sides of 

 the elytron ; apex of elytra blackish blue ; the green before the 

 red band is tinged with blackish blue ; the shoulders are some- 

 what protuberant; elytra deeply punctate-striate, with erect 

 hairs. Scutellum black, with deeply grooved lines. Legs black, 

 with longish hairs ; tibise, especially on the inside, clothed with 

 dense, silky, short hairs with a brownish tinge. 



'Note. — The Tasniotes Pazii of Rojas, from Venezuela, described and 

 figured in the Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856. t. . f. 2, is synonymous with 

 Lamia {Plectrodera) quadrit(Bniator,^h.\te, described in the Ann. & Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. 1846, p. 48. The Museum specimen was from Guayaquil. 



