O'i'Hcra ami AS/K'f/V.s- o/* Colcoptem. 101 



small and mosdly wliiti' scales, oxcept on llif sides of the latter, wlna-o 

 they are drawn ont into lon«j-, linear, curved laniinie, on each side a lonjif 

 fascicle of whitish hairs mixed with black, and nearly meeting on the 

 median line anteriorly ; scutellum triangular, with a tuft of erect white 

 scales ; elytra parallel, the scales towards the suture principally white, 

 but more or less black at the side, long and filiform at the base, and 

 spatulate on the exterior margins, a fascicle of long, erect black scales 

 on the middle of each near the suture, and posteriorly another of mixed 

 black and white scales; body beneath, legs, antenna), and lip dark 

 bro>\Ti or nearly black. Length 4 lines. 



In this cui'ious species, the lines on the elytra are nearly covered 

 by the longer and more densely set scales. In all the Australian 

 and New Zealand Leperlnce which I have examined, I have never 

 noticed any other than simple, undivided eyes. 



Leperina lacera. 



L. oblonga, picea, supra nigro-squamosa, albo varia, fasciculisque brevibus 

 induta ; elytris lateribus rotundatis. 



Huh. Australia (Melbourne). 



Oblong, pitchy-brown, partially covered with short black scales, and 

 sparingly varied with white ; head coarsely pmictured, with two black 

 fascicles between the eyes ; prothorax with a smooth elevated median 

 line, the sides strongly and deeply punctm*ed, above fom* short black 

 fascicles anteriorly, the margins densely covered with long, white, ap- 

 pressed scales ; scutellum triangular ; elytra rounded at the sides, the 

 scales almost entirely black, spatulate at the margins, with a single 

 shcn-t black fascicle on each shoulder ; body beneath, legs, and antennae 

 dark ferruginous. Length 4^ lines. 



BiTOMA [Colydiidai]. 

 Herbst, Die Kiifer, v. p. 2b. 



Bitoma serrlcollis. 



B. depressa, fusca ; prothorace punctate utrinque bicostato, lateribus ser- 

 rulatis ; pedibus rufo-ferrugineis. 



Hah. Australia (Melbourne). 



Depressed, dark brown ; head coarsely punctured, grooved at the side 

 below the eyes, and somewhat three-lobed anteriorly ; prothorax trans- 

 versely subquadi'ate, coarsely punctured, with two costa3 on each side, 

 the exterior crenate, continuous with its fellow infront, the sides strongly 

 seiTulate, the anterior angle produced ; elytra a little wider than the 

 prothorax, with five narrow costtie on each, the intervals transversely 

 plicate from a double row of deeply impressed punctures ; antennae and 

 legs rusty-red ; body beneath coarsely punctured. Length 2 lines. 



A little broader and more depressed than Bitoma crenata ; but, as 

 far as external characters go, there can be no doubt as to its genus. 



