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bling M. arachne, but the prothorax less rugosely punctured, and the 

 black spots on the elytra composed of stiff erect hairs, more decidedly 

 raised above the surrounding pubescence. Additional specimens may 

 probably show that this is only a variety ; but the difference in colour 

 is very marked. Length 7 lines. 



Athemistus Armitagei. 



A. brunneus, tenuiter, griseo pubescens; prothorace antice angustiore, 

 lateraliter dente minuto instructo, disco baud tuberculato ; elytris el- 

 liptico-ovatis, in medio quam prothorax latioribus. 

 Hab. Sydney. 



Reddish brown, with a very fine greyish pubescence ; head thinly punc- 

 tured, a little convex in front ; prothorax broader than the head, very 

 sparsely but rather more coarsely punctured, narrowed anteriorly, 

 rounded at the sides, and behind the middle furnished with a very 

 small but distinct tooth ; scutellum triangular, very indistinct ; elytra 

 scarcely broader than the prothorax at the base, gradually increasing 

 to the middle, then more rapidly rounded to the apex, the disk with 

 very closely an-anged rows of small tubercles, which towards the apex 

 are replaced by large deeply impressed punctures, the apex of each 

 elytron rounded ; antennae, body beneath, and legs brown, thinly pu- 

 bescent ; tibiae with yellowish hairs at the tip ; antennae rather more 

 than half the length of the body. Length S^ lines. 

 Smaller and stouter than A. rugosulus, Gruer., and well distin- 

 guished by the characters of the prothorax, elytra, &c. I have 

 named it after Edward Armitage, Esq., A.E.A., who kindly pre- 

 sented me this and the following species, although uniques in his 

 collection, 



Athemisttjs euneeetis. 



A. ater, obsolete pubescens; prothorace antice paulo angustiore, latera- 

 liter dente minuto instructo ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, quam prothorax 

 vix latioribus, 



Hab. Sydney. 



Black, with only very faint traces of pubescence ; head finely punctured; 

 prothorax broader than the head, coarsely and rather closely punc- 

 tured, somewhat narrower anteriorly, rounded at the sides, with a very 

 small but distinct tooth ; scutellum very small and indistinct ; elytra 

 oblong-ovate, scarcely broader than the prothorax in any part, slightly 

 rounded at the sides, the apex of .each rounded, the disk with very 

 closely arranged rows of small tubercles ; antennae, body beneath, and 

 legs reddish brown ; the tips of the tibiae with yellowish hairs ; an- 

 tenna about two-thu-ds the length of the body. Length 3i lines. 



Distinguished from the last by its larger and more coarsely 

 punctured prothorax, narrower and more parallel elytra, and its 

 black colour, with an almost obsolete pubescence. 



