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libus, at extimo minori, apice attenuate. Thorax convexus 

 utrinque spinosu!?, disco spinis armato. Elytra thorace quad- 

 ruple longiora, depressa, ad apicem obtuse rotundata et inermia. 

 Pedes simplices, femoribus baud incrassatis. 

 Hab. In Nova Hollandia. 



Trachelorachys fumicolor. I'rnc/i.fusco niger ; thorace utrin- 

 que spinoso, disco sjrinis quatuor fere in medio atmato. Elytra 

 parallela marginibus undique elcxalis ad basim crebre granu- 

 lata, granulis ad apicem e medio elijtrorum magnitudine decres- 

 centibtis. Corpus infra picco-nigrum, jiedibus pallidioribtcs et 

 tomentosis, plantisque aurato-tomentosis. 



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



This insect was obtained from a collection made in the vicinity of 

 Sydney. 



Trachelorachys pustulatus. Track, flavo-fascus antennis to- 

 mentosis ; thorace concolori utrinque spinoso ; spi7iis binis fere in 

 medio armutis. Elytra marginata ; pustuUs nigris in lineis 

 sparsim dispositis. Corpus infra fusco-rubruni ; piedibus subto- 

 mentosis. 

 Long. lin. 8 ; lat. lin. 1^. 



The above insect was purchased out of a New Holland box, 

 along with various nondescripts ; most likely they were from Hobart 

 Town. 



Section 5. Femorales. 



Antenna: tomentosse ; thorace utrinque spinoso, dorso dentate ; 

 elytris transverse sectis ; femoribus incrassatis. 



Gen. Merofachys*. 



Caput exsertum, antennis tomentosis articulis undecim articulatis ; 

 jmo fgj-e ut in Track, fumicolori, at externe crassiori et ovate ; 

 2tio i^revi et globose ; 3"° triple longiori ; 4'" pauUo brevieri, re- 

 liquis gradatim increscentibus, extimo apice subacute. Thorax 

 antice et postice contractus, utrinque in medio spinosus; dorse 

 dentate. Elytra depressa ; thorace latiora postice latiora trans- 

 verse fissa. Totum corpus supra et infra argentee sericie asper- 

 sum. Femoribus valde incrassatis in medio fortiter globosis. 



Meropachys MacLeaii. Merop. fusco-Jlava antennis Jlavis to- 

 mentosis, thorace concolori, utrinque spinoso, maculis binis atris, 

 antice et postice signato. Elytra aurato sericie aspersa, ad hu- 

 meros tuhcrculata, fascia nigricanti ante apicem posita. Corpus 

 infra rubrum nigra et argenteo variegatum. Pedes flavescentes , 

 femoribus globosis, nigro-maculatis ; tibiis quatuor posticis medio 

 atratis ; tarsisque p)alUdis binis anticis fere omnino nigris sub- 

 tusque aiiri-comatis. 



Long. lin. 8; lat. lin. 1§. 



This beautifully sericeous insect is named in honour of William 



* Meropachys is from f^n(>o^, femur, and '!rot}iVs, crassities. 



