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C)-10 broader and very sliort ; head somewhat densely and very 

 finely punctate, thorax a little more thickly and deeply so, 

 elytra pretty deeply but not more densely, slightly squamose ; 

 liead large, transverse, subconvex, eyes large ; thorax twice as 

 wide as it is long at the base, rising to the dorsal region with a 

 slight curve and becoming strongly narrowed, the base on each 

 side curving, convex, equal, anterior extremities rounded, 

 posterior obtuse ; elytra a little longer than thorax, a very 

 little broader, rather convex, curving near the extremities at 

 the middle of the apex and on each side; abdomen broad, short, 

 subparallel, a little narrower than elytra, the 2-3 segments 

 rather frequently finely punctate, while the 4-6 have punctures 

 scattered and deeper, the 6th has a wide yellow apex ; in male 

 the elytra are slightly tufted about the scutellum, medial 

 suture crenose witli 4 or 5 in form of a chain ; the sixth 

 segment is furnished with a medial denticulum running longi- 

 tudinally and a little elevated. Female not found. 



Lenr/th. — 2i mill. 



Locality. — Adelaide. 



Ohs. — "It is doubtful whether this is identical with the 

 Homalofa jxilHdqyeiinis of Mr. MacLeay. I cannot in every 

 particular recognise it from the supposed description given in 

 less than a line of tliafc author." 



Bolitochara. 

 B. discicollis, Fauvel, II., p. 131. 

 Same appearance and size as JS. varia ; red, nitid, with a 

 little pubescence, tlie whole of the antenna^ except the base 

 reddish brown, the elytra, the whole of the 1-5 segments and 

 the base of the sixth more or less widely, dark brownisli black, 

 the shoulders very often reddish ; the antenna^ somewhat thick, 

 the fourth a little longer than wide, 5-10 sensibly shorter and 

 transverse, the eleventh large, obtuse ; head irregularly aiul 

 on each side rather deeply punctate, thorax and elytra pretty 

 densely and deeply so, the elytra being slightly squamose, the 

 2-5 abdominal segments almost only at the base, the sixth all 

 over rather densely and much more finely punctate ; thorax 

 strongly transverse, one-third as broad again as the head ; the 

 whole of the disc is depressed, the sides in front of the middle 

 are narrowed, the anterior parts strongly rounded ; posteriorly 

 the sides are rather narrow, the posterior angles being slightly 

 obtuse ; elytra nearly one-third broader than thorax, one-fourth 

 longer, rather transverse ; abdomen parallel, the base of the 

 2-4 segments exceedingly transverse, the fifth being slightly 

 impressed. 



Length.—^], mill. 



Localities. — Swan Eiver, Adelaide. 



