86 MB. r. p. PASCOE ON THE LONGIOOENIA OF ATJSTEAIilA. 



- Differs from S. derasus cliiefly in pubescence ; there are also a 

 few minor differences, sucli as the broader bead, more convex in 

 front and much less depressed between the antennse, the longer 

 protborax, &c. A good series of specimens might show that they 

 belong to one species. 



Ehttiphoba Odewahkii. 



R. nigra, pube opaca interrupta flavescente tecta ; elytris conferte fla- 

 vescente mac\ilatis, apice truncatis ; antennis albo annulatis. 



Hab. South Australia (Gawler). 



Black ; pubescence opake, pale yellowish, interrupted ; head with two 

 pubescent stripes on the occiput, a vertical stripe behind the eye, the 

 face with irregular patches ; protborax very short, having four or five 

 narrow bands ; scutellum semicircular ; elytra not granulate at the 

 base, covered with closely set pubescent spots (often confluent) of pale 

 yellowish, the intervals very slightly pubescent, showing the black 

 derm beneath ; body beneath with a whitish pubescence, spotted with 

 brown ; legs closely pubescent ; antennse black, the basal half from 

 the third to the tenth joints ashy white. Length 9 lines. 



A very distinct species, and at once differentiated by the closely 

 set spotted pubescence on the elytra. I have dedicated it to Mr. 

 Odewahn, from whom my example was derived. 



EpHTTIPHOEA semitestita. 



R. castanea, subtiliter pubescens ; prothorace fasciis angustatis, elytris 

 macubs indistinctis ochraceis ornatis, his postice plagis duabus glabris j 

 antennis griseo maculatis. 



Hab. Western Australia (Perth). 



Chestnut-brown ; pubescence very thin, greyish, with linear bands on 

 the protborax and spots on the elytra ochraceous; head and basal 

 joint of the antennae nearly glabrous; protborax transverse; elytra 

 with numerous granules, extending to behind the middle, and of the 

 same colour as the derm, posteriorly on each side a large glabrous 

 patch ; rest of the elytra with a mixture of pale greyish and small 

 ochraceous spots; body beneath and legs reddish chestnut, nearly 

 glabrous, except a few spots on the sides, borders of the abdominal 

 segments, and lower part of the tibiae and tarsi ; antennae slightly pu- 

 bescent, except at the base, spotted with greyish. Length 12 lines. 



Also very distract. 



MlCEOTEAGTJS STICTICUS. 

 M. cinereo pubescens, omnino nigro setulosus ; prothorace rude punc- 

 tato ; elytris angustatis, maculis nigris elevatis dispersis. 



Hab. . 



Pubescence pale ashy, very dense and short ; in other respects resem- 



