412 (36) Mr. O. R. Crotch's Revision of ' 



Episcaphula granulata.* 



Ejnscapha granulata, Lac. Erot. 59. 

 Australia. 



Episcaphula Hislopi, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovata, nigra, opaca, siibtus nitidior, undique creberri- 

 me subriigose punctata, subtiliter brevissime setosula; tliorace 

 subtrausverso, lateribus rotundatis, postice late lobato, tenuissime 

 marginato; scutello punctulato, subtus undique crebre punctulato, 

 linea coxali nulla, processu ventrali rotundato, prosterno postice 

 late einarginato ; capite subtus profunde transversim impresso, 

 punctato. L. 3|lin. 



Berali (Chevrolat). 



Tliis must be near E. granulata, Lac, but the elytra are there 

 desci'ibed as sulcate, and moreover it is from Australia. 



Episcaphula opaca, sp. n. 



Nigra, opaca, pubescens, capite thoraceque scabris, hoc subtraus- 

 verso, lateribus tenuiter marginatis; elytris profunde punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis evidenter punctulatis, lunula basali, fascia 

 angusta infra medium, macula rotundata subapicali rufis; corpore 

 subtus rufescente, pubescente. L. 2>^ — 4 lin. 



Sydney, Rockhampton. 



Episcaphula aulachochiloides, sp. n. 



Nigra, scaphidiformis, subopaca ; tliorace sublsevi, antice 

 angnstato, lateribus rotundatis, basi levissime bisinuato utrinque 

 foveolato; elytris alutaceis, obsoletissitne sparse punctulatis, sin- 

 gulis maculis 2 nibris ( 1 bidentato in angulo humerali, 1 transverso 

 subapicali), corpore subtus Isevi, prosterno carinato, lateribus pro- 

 funde punctatis, epipleuris laevibus. L. 3J lin. 



Natal. 



Closely resembling Atdacochihcs, from which the produced 

 anterior angles of the thorax, the structure of the antennse, and the 

 prosternum remove it. 



Episcaphula dubia, sp. n. 



E. aulacochiloides valde affinls, sed prosterno conipresso hand 

 carinato lateribusque Isevibus differt. L. 3 lin. 

 Natal. 



Episcaphula thoracica, sp. n. 



Ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida, capite confertim punctato, 

 thorace subtrausverso, Irete fulvo, sat crebre punctato, lateribus 



