136 Mr. 0. Jansun's Descriptions of 



Thorax coarsely and somewhat thickly punctured, with 

 a smooth longitudinal line in the centre. 



Smtellum with a few large punctures interspersed with 

 smaller ones at the base, depressed at the apex. 



Elytra very coarsely and shallowly punctured, the punc- 

 tures sparse near the suture, arranged in several ratlier 

 irregular rows on the disc, confluent at the sides and apex. 



Pijgidiitm slightly pilose, coarsely and shallowly punc- 

 tured. 



Beneath with long fulvous pubescence, sparsely punc- 

 tured ; apex of mesosternum Hat, slightly dilated. 



Legs punctured ; tibi?e with two teeth in the female, 

 simple in the male, which is consideral)ly narrower, more 

 sparsely punctured, and with very long slender tarsi. 



South Australia. Coll. Parry, Higgins, B.M., Janson. 



This species is most nearly allied to D. nigriceps, Blanch., 

 and appears to vary considerably as regards the markings 

 on the elytra, tlie post-scutellar patch being in some 

 instances nearly obliterated, and in others the humeral 

 spot is dilated internally extending nearly to the suture. 



Diajjhoma gulosa, n. sp. 



Crassa, nigra, sat nitida, clypeo ad basin thoraceque 

 lateribus llavis, hoc postice ferrugineo bimaculato, elytris 

 ferrugineis, piceo-vittatis, sutura nigra. Long. 10-13 lin. 



var. : clypeo flavo bi-maculato, thorace postice imma- 

 culato. 



Head black, coarsely punctured; clypeus short; apex 

 slightly emarginate, with a yellow spot at the base, an- 

 tennte piceous. 



Thorax coarsely punctured and pubescent at the sides, 

 smooth in the centre, black, sides (excepting a small black 

 spot) yellow ; a narrow band near the anterior margin and 

 two elongate spots in front of the scutellum ferruginous. 



