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licately punctutc-strinte, the intervals of tlie .stria! Hatti.sli, 

 sparingly puiuturcd ; e})ipleiira3 of the elytra, body beneatli, 

 femora, and tibiie glossy reddish brown, sparsely punctured ; 

 tarsi fulvous ; antenna; ferruginous, thicker outwards, the last 

 joint large and as long as the two preceding together. Length 

 4 lines. 



Brycopia. 



Oculi prominuli, subrotundati. 

 Mention angulis anticis rotundatum. 

 Frothorax ajiico haud einarginatus. 



The principal differentiating character in this genus is the 

 prominent and nearly circular eye. The simple clypeal suture 

 may probably also be taken as a generic character. The tarsi 

 are closely tomentose beneath, as in Adelium. 



Brycojpia jyihsella. 



B. breviter et sparse pilosa ; capito prothoraceque violaceo-nigris ; 

 elytris cupreis, punctato-striatis. 



Ilai). Mount Macedon, Victoria. 



Shining above, with short erect scattered hairs ; head and 

 prothorax violet-black, coarsely punctured, the clypeal suture 

 not sending a branch along the base of the antennary ridge ; 

 sides of the prothorax well rounded anteriorly, then contracting 

 more gradually to the base ; scutellum triangular ; elytra 

 oblong oval, coarsely punctate-striate, the intervals between the 

 sti-iaB impunctate, epipleurae scarcely punctured ; body beneath 

 reddish pitchy, punctured ; legs and antennae pale feiTuginous, 

 the last joint of the latter rounded, a little larger than the 

 preceding one. Length 3 lines. 



DiNORIA. 

 Oculi parvi, rotundati. 

 Tarsi subtus pilosi. 

 Prothorax apice haud emarginatus. 



Very similar to Brycopia^ and only to be distinguished by 

 the pilose tarsi. The clypeal suture is also simple. 



Dinoria picta. 

 D. ciiprea, nitida ; elytris marginibiis fulvis. 



Ilah. Tasmania. 



Copper-brown, shining ; head coarsely pimctured, the cly- 

 peus foraiing a prominent fold above ; prothorax transverse, 

 roughly and not closely ]»unctured, rounded at the sides, more 

 narrowed biliiud tlie middle, the posterior angles prominent, 



