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lihus, et una ampliata utrinque supra coxam ; scutello scutiforini, 

 nigro ; el\ tris costatis, costis postice evanescentibus, interstitiis duo- 

 bus priniis biseiiatim, ceteris uniseriatim rude foveatis, maculis 

 luteis flavisque interjectis ; infra pedibusque, praesertim apicibus fe- 

 moruin, lutco maculatis. Long. 10 lin. 

 Hab. Queensland. 



AxiONICUS. 



(CryptorhynchiiiSD.) 



Euthyrhino difFerfc. AntenncB art. ultimo funiculi diatincto ; 



pedes aiitici elongati ; tihice corundcm rectfc, liaud compressse. 



Unlike EidlnjrUnus in liabit iu consequence of their longer 

 and nearly cylindrical legs, the anterior femora extending con- 

 siderably beyond the head ; in other respects their technical cha- 

 racters are nearly the same, the joints of the fimicle and of the 

 club being very distinct, those of the latter are very oblique. 

 Tlio type is a lino insect, common in collections. 



AxiONicus iNSiGNis. (Pi. XVIII. fig. 8.) A. ovalis, ater, inter- 

 rupte squamosus ; rostro sat valido, fusco, reticulate, squainulis 

 sparsis iustructo, apice emarginato, labro nigro nitido; antennis 

 brevibus, nigris, clava modice ovata, suturis articulorum obliquis ; 

 prothorace convexo, antice angusto, tabulate, medio carinulato, albo- 

 maculato et umbrino-vario ; scutello breviter ovato, denudato, atro, 

 nitido ; elytris ovatis, convexis, i)Ostice compressis, striate- puuctatis, 

 striis basi arcuatis, interstitiis carinatis, his plerumque denudatis, 

 umbrino-niaculatis, postice maculis albis fasciam conspicuara for- 

 mantibus, apicibus cenjunctim retundatis ; infra pedibusque nigris, 

 albo-maculatis. Long. 8 lin. 

 Hab. Queensland. 



EuTHYiuiiNUS XAVicULARis. E. angustatus, squamosus, ochraceo- 

 griseus et atro-maculatus ; capite squamis griseis dispersis, vertice 

 atro, rostro leviter punctulato ; antennis fusce-ferrugineis ; protho- 

 race conico, lobis ocidaribus sat ])rominulis, supra crebre punctulato, 

 vittis duabis atrls antice gradatim approxiniantibus, medio carina 

 leviter elevata ; scutello evato, elevate, nigro-nitido; elytris basi pro- 

 thorace panle latieribus, utrinque ajjicem versus angustieribus, apice 

 singulorum tenue mucronatis, leviter jjunctato-striatis, atre-macu- 

 latis, singulatira maculis tribus majoribus longitudinaliter dispositis ; 

 infra pedibusque nigris, squamis griseis dispersis; tarsis fusco- 

 ferrugineis. Long. 3|-4 lin. 

 liab. Western Australia. 



The sides of the elytra very straight, although narrowing pos- 

 teriorly, tlie dark colour, and narrow compressed form are very 



