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mullo minor. Fuscus, antennis et corpore spaisim Jlavo-tovientO' 

 sis, cajnte hand villoso, rubro. Thorax incequalis et tuberculatus. 

 Elytra depressa bidentaia, macula quadruto-elongata luteafere 

 in medio disci j)osita. Corpus infra rubro-piceum nitidum, binis 

 ultimis segmcntis pallidiorihus. Pedes rubro-fusci femoribus pa- 

 rum incrassatis tarsisque infra aureo-tomentosis. 

 Long. ]in. 7.; lat. lin. 1^. 



I received this species in a box of insects from Mr. Charles Dar- 

 win. Its true locality is either Sidney or Van Diemen's Land. 



1 consider it quite distinct from Mr. Sharpe MacLeay's Stenocho- 

 rus uniguttatvs. 



In Mus. Dom. Hope. 



Sp. 16, Stenochorus TUNioATus, MacLcay. Sten.flavus antenna- 

 rum articulis duobus primis nigris quinto apice septimo nonoque 

 nigris ; thorace subcylindrico utrinque unidentato, supra quadri- 

 luberculato tuberculis anticis majoribus ; elytris apice flavis uni- 

 dentatisyjmrte basali ultra medium subviolaceo-flava linea obliqua 

 trrminata ; corpore pedibusque flavo-testaceis. 



In Mus. Dom. MacLeay. 



Sp. 17. Stenochorus RUBRiPEs, Boisduval. Sten. elongatus paral- 

 lelus ; antennis pedifnisqiie rufis ; thorace angustiori, cylindrico, 

 tuberculato, coleopleris dilute fuscis ; apice spinosis, punctis cre- 

 bris !w?p?-e««2.s, macula communi maxima irregulari, nigra notata, 

 altera postica, scutelloque flavis. 

 Long. lin. 10| ; lat. lin. "2^. 



Described from Mons. Boisduval's ' Voyage de I'Astrolabe,' vid. 

 partii. page 479. I had given the name of Undulatus to the species, 

 and had figured it before I was aware of its being described : the 

 sexes apparently diifer considerably in size. 



Sp. 18. Stenochorus Roei. Sten. rubro-fuscus ; antennis pal- 



lidioribus ; thorace tuberculato, elytrisque macula irregulari 



flava notatis, alteraque apicali lutea, spinis apice brevibus, ex- 



terno longiori. Corpus infra rubro-piceum nitidtim pedibus con- 



coloribus et tomentosis. 



Long. lin. 6;^^ ; lat. lin. 1^. 



This species was sent to me from the Swan River by Captain Roe ; 

 it is named after that indefatigable and enterprising officer. 



Section 3. Fissipennes. 



Antennae spinosse, thorace inaequali tuberculato seu denticulate, 

 apicibus elytrorum transverse truncatis, baud spinosis. 



Gen. CoPTocERCus*, Hope, Nov. Gen. 



Caput antice rugosum, antennis spinoso-tomentosis. Thorax fere 

 cylindricus, tuberculatus. Elytra parallela thorace latiora ad 



* Koptocercua, from KoTrra, scindo, and KtpKo; cauda. 



