138 Ml'. 0. Jansoii's Dcso'ljiiivm of 



with the basal margin narrowly edged with black, finely 

 punctate ; the latter coarsely punctate, the punctures form- 

 ing three strife on each elytron, the first sutural, the others 

 on the disc ; apex strigose, suture black. 



Scutclluni with a few punctures at the base, testaceous ; 

 apex black, somewhat acuminate. 



Fi/gidium testaceous, transversely strigose. 



Beneath black, punctate and pubescent ; centre of abdo- 

 men pitchy ; apex of mesosterinim broad and flat. 



Ler/s black. 



Western Australia. Coll. Higgins, Sharp. 



Most nearly allied to D. xantlioivjga, Germ., but very 

 different in colour and sculpture. 



Diaphoiiia vicina, n. s/j. 



Kufo-testacea, nitida, punctata, clypeo ad liasin, thorace 

 lateribus, pygidio, abdominiscpie lateiibus Mavis, capite, 

 thorace postice, elytrorum sutura, corpore subtus, pedi- 

 busque nigris, thorace postice profunde bisinuato. Long. 

 Ill lin. 



Head black, closely punctured ; clypeus emarginate in 

 front ; base yellow. 



Thorax, scutellum, and elytra reddish testaceous, shining; 

 the former with the margins paler, finely punctate, with 

 some larger punctures near the hinder angles ; basal mar- 

 gin black, strongly bisinuate. 



Scutellum edged with black, with a few punctures at the 

 base ; the apex somewhat acuminate. 



Elytra finely and sparsely punctate, with a number of 

 irregularly scattered punctures, and a row next the suture 

 which is black ; apex and margins strigose. 



Fi/gidium testaceous, transversely strigose. 



Beneath and legs shining black, punctate, and slightly 



