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the second, third, and fourth are short, transverse, and widest at 

 top ; the first four are haiiy on the under side and edges ; the 

 second, third, and fourth are somewhat truncated at the end, 

 and have traces of a horny pad. This may belong to a distinct 

 genus, which may be known by this character and the more slim 

 antennse, with the pectination coming from nearer the base of 

 each joint [Epilichas). 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIL 



Fiff. 1. Paralichas Guerinii, male, magnified: 1 a, the case, of the natural 



size, with the insect's head and thorax exserted ; 1 b, the case, of 



the natural size, open. 

 Figs. 1 c. and 1 d. show small portions of the case, highly magnified. 



Fiff. \ c. represents a piece of the inside of the case. 



Fig. 1 d. shows a portion of the coarser-grained outside. 



Spicilegia Entomologica. — IV. Diagnoses Coleopterorum qua- 

 tuor. Auctore A. White, in Mus. Brit. Auxiliario. 



DiSTiCHOCERA (gen. Kirbii) Thomsonella, n. s. D. velutina, 

 nigerrima ; capite, thorace, scutello elytrisque albo sericeo macu- 

 latis ; pedibus nigris, femoribus, apice nigro excepto, rubris ( J ). 

 Long. lin. G^. 



Hab. Australia. B. maculicolli minor. 



Species quinta et cseteris, a Kirby et Newman descriptis, valde 



distincta. Nomen fert Dom. J. Thomson, auctoris ' Archives Ento- 



mologiques,' Coleopterophili Celebris. 



Stigmodera (gen. Solieri) Bakewellii, n. s. S. subcylindrica, 

 Sternocerce speciei subsimilis ; elytris elongatis, simplicibus, punc- 

 tato-striatis, luteis ; thorace purpureo-flavo, cyaneo et viridi mi- 

 cante, rude et creberrime punctato ; corpora subtus cseruleo-viridi 

 fasciato; pedibus csevuleo-viridibus. Long. unc. 1, lin. 10. 



Hab. Australia, in "Maillee scrub" {Eucalyptus dumosus). Mus. 

 Brit. (Dom. II. Bakewell.) 



Temnognatha (gen. Solieri) Imperatrix, n. s. T. elytris apice 

 iniicronatis, sutura ctiam apiculata ; thorace supra viridi metallico 

 punctato, maculisque pavvis coalescentibus Itevibus aureo-flavis, 

 lateribus subtus flavis, punctatis, punctis viridibus ; elytris aureo- 

 flavis, sutura, marginibus latcralibus (basi excepta) purpurco-nigris, 

 ad medium dorsi maculis 3-4 parvis transversis purpureo-nigris ; 

 pedibus viridibus ; corpore subtus flavo, viridi decorato. Long, 

 uuc. 1, lin. 6. 



Hab. Australia (Swan River). (Forsan ab Hope sou Thomson 

 nominata.) 



Schizorhina {Hemipharis sen Biaphonia) Bakewellii, n. s. 

 S. capite, corpore subtus pedibusque nigerrimis ; thorace dorso 



