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pubescent ; sides of abdominal segments yellow ; the apical 

 spines of the anterior tibte very acute ; apex of mesosternum 

 rounded. 



Western Australia. Coll. Higgins, Sharp. 



Nearly allied to the preceding but differing in colour, 

 finer punctuation, smaller niesosternal process, less pubes- 

 cent underside, and in having the thorax produced behind 

 as in the subgenus Hcmi2)hans. 



Diaplwnia Brewcri, n. sp. 



Nigra, nitida, thoracis limbo laterali et apicali elytro- 

 runique margine laterali ferrugineis, thorace antice et 

 utrinque postice crebre punctatis, elytris punctis grossis 

 impressis. Long. 9-11 lin. 



Shining black ; thorax with the sides and a narrow band 

 in front ferruginous ; the elytra also margined externally 

 with ferruginous. 



Head smooth ; clypeus thickly punctured ; apex slightly 

 emarginate. 



Thorax smooth on the disc, with some large punctures 

 in front and at the sides, and a group of similar punctures 

 near the posterior angles and a few smaller ones in front 

 of the scutellum, which has a few punctures at the base. 



Elytra sparsely covered with large, shallow, oblong 

 punctures, closer at the sides and apex, and from each of 

 which issues a short black hair ; penultimate segment of 

 abdomen thickly clothed above with golden pubescence. 



Pygidium strigose, slightly pubescent. 



Beneath punctate and pilose. 



Legs punctured ; anterior tibiae with two acute teeth. 



Female rather larger, more strongly punctured ; the teeth 

 on the anterior tibias less acute. 



Western Australia. 



Closely allied to D. cinda, Don., from which it may be 



