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The markings on the elytra are best described by regarding the 

 testaceous portion as the ground colour. There then appear to 

 be the following pitchy-black markings, viz. : — (a) A triangle 

 wliose base coincides with tlie base of the elytra, and whose apex- 

 falls on the suture at about lialf its length, and then is produced 

 somewhat narrowly down the suture to the apex ; (b) an obscure 

 marginal border ; (c) an oblique fascia connecting the middle of 

 the marginal border, and the suture at two-thirds of its length 

 from the base. There are only five ventral segments, which, to- 

 gether with the sides of the metasternum, are finely but distinctly 

 punctulate, while the middle portion of the latter is impunctulate. 

 The antennte are very short; I can only count ten joints dis- 

 tinctly. 



In my example of the var. jmUipes each elytron has an addi- 

 tional pitchy-black portion, forming a longitudinal connection 

 between the fascia and the middle of the side of the common 

 basal triangle, so that the testaceous portion which in the type 

 appears as a vitta (running from the shoulder to near the middle 

 of the suture) is here divided into two pieces. In the var. major 

 the markings resemble those of the type, but are less clearly 

 defined. The puncturation in both the vars. seems stronger and 

 better defined than in the type, and they may possibly represent 

 a (or even two) new species. All these bear a remarkable super- 

 ficial resemblance to BucohUus ornatus, mihi, which, however, 

 besides its generic differences, is punctured very differently. 



I haA^e met with the type near Port Lincoln, the var. pallipes 

 on Yorke's Peninsula, the va,r. major at Woodville. 



S. htbricus, sp. nov. Breviter ovalis ; pubescens ; sat convexus ; 

 sat nitidus ; Adx perspicue punctulatus ; niger ; capite, pro- 

 thoracis lateribus margineque antico, et elytrorum lateribus 

 apiceque, plus minus obscure piceo-rufescentibus ; antennis, 

 palpis, pedibusque (femoribus plus minus piceis exceptis), 

 latius rufescentibus. Long. 14-1.; lat. -|1. 

 Under a powerful Coddington lens the elytra near the suture 

 appear punctureless, but towards the sides and apex some exces- 

 sively minute and decidedly sparse puncturation is traceable ; the 

 puncturation is very much feebler than in S. 7iofescens. The 

 underside resembles that of S. Meyricki, but the metasternum is 

 not distinctly w^rinkled transversely. My example has a small 

 sixth ventral segment — the first ventral suture is very fine, but 

 distinct. 



Port Lincoln. 



S. Meyricki, sp. nov. Breviter ovalis ; pubescens ; sat convexus ; 

 sat nitidus ; crebre subtilius punctulatus ; niger ; capite, 

 prothoracis lateribus margineque antico, elytrorum macula 



