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latiori, minus subtiliter minus crebre punctulato, antrorsum 

 sat fortiter angustato, antice emarginato, angulis posticis 

 rotundatis lateribus anguste marginatis ; elytris postice 

 rotundato-truncatis, vix striatis, striis crebre punctuiatis, 

 interstitiis vix punctuiatis alternis griseo-pilosis. 

 var. tenehrosum; corpore et antennarum clava nigrescentibus, 

 elytris manifeste testaceo-maculatis. Long., 1| — 1^1. ; lat., 



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The front tibia? have tliree blunt teeth placed round the apical 

 •external margin ; the intermediate tibia? have their external 

 margin finely spined in its whole length, and there is a large bifid 

 tooth a little before the apex, and a simj)le sliarjD one still nearer 

 to the apex ; the external margin of the hind tibiie is finely 

 spinod in all its length, and bears close to its apex a long tooth 

 which ends in two spines. The " intermediate plate " is in the 

 form of an equilateral triangle, and is of large size. 



Tlie pale markings on the elytra consist of three or four large 

 spots placed at intervals on either side of the suture in the 

 anterior two-thirds of its length, and an additional spot on the 

 base at the shoulder. In ordinary specimens they are scarcely, 

 or not at all, noticeable ; in the var. tenehrosuni, they are very 

 <3onspicuous. 



S. Australia ; near Adelaide, also near Port Lincoln. 

 2\ pukhrmn, sp. nov. (Jvale ; convexum ; pubescens ; ferrug- 

 ineum, elytris notis infuscatis numerosis maculatis ; pro- 

 thorace quam longiori duplo latiori, minus subtiliter sat 

 sparsim punctulato, antrorsum sat fortiter angustato, antice 

 emarginato, angulis posticis bene dcterminatis obtusis, lateri- 

 bus anguste marginatis ; elytris postice rotundato-truncatis, 

 leviter striatis, striis crebre punctuiatis, interstitiis vix 

 punctuiatis alternis griseo-pilosis. Long., 1 ? 1. (vix) ; 

 lat., f 1. 

 The front tibia? are strongly crenulate all along their external 

 edge, and liave two strong sharp teeth, one at the apex, the 

 other innnediately before it ; the middle and hind tibijv^ are feebly 

 and widely serrate (Externally, and also bear a series of strong 

 spines, tlieir apex being dilated externally into a kind of blunt 

 tooth, on which are several longer spines. The dark markings 

 on the elytra are very distinct and very intricate. The suture is 

 infuscate, a series of spots forms a kind of festoon from shoulder 

 to shoulder, crossing the suture at about a-third of its length 

 from the base, and on either side sends a branch forward to the 

 base from tlie middle of its length between shoulder and suture, 

 several spots placed transversely occupy the middle part of each 

 •elytron, and the apex is edged with dark-bi-own, which is con- 

 tinued on either side'and then arched forward to the suture so as 



