and of uncharacterized species of HalticincE. 293 



broad again as long; sides diverging from the base 

 towards the apex, anterior angles thickened, obliquely 

 truncate; disk convex, coarsely and rather closely punc- 

 tured, the interspaces granulose. Scutellum much broader 

 than long. Elytra broader than the thorax, oval, convex, 

 dehiscent at the sutural angle, the humeral callus en- 

 tirely obsolete ; their surfaces coarsely punctured. 



Genus DoCEMA, Waterhouse. 

 Docema collaris. 



Ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida, facie inferiorl, antennis 

 basi, tibiis tarsisque piceis; thorace rufo, basi leviter 

 transversim impresso, teniuter, subremote punctato ; elytris 

 sat fortiter confuse punctatis. 



Long. l\ — 1| lin. Hub. — "Western Austi'alia. 



Head trigonate, scarcely longer than broad; vertex 

 smooth, imj)unctate; front impressed on either side near 

 its lower edge with a deep fovea; interocular spaces 

 punctate ; encarpas pyriform, contiguous ; carina obsolete ; 

 antennae rather more than half the length of the body, the 

 three lower joints piceous, tlie rest black. Thorax more 

 than twice as broad as long ; sides rounded, anterior 

 angles thickened, oblique, laterally produced ; hinder 

 angles armed with a small obtuse tooth; upper surface 

 impressed just in front of the base with an ill-defined 

 transverse groove, which terminates on either side at 

 some distance from the lateral margin ; disk finely but 

 not closely punctured, the transverse groove rather more 

 strongly punctured. Scutellum trigonate, shining, im- 

 punctate. Elytra broader than the thorax, broadly 

 oblong-ovate, convex, strongly and somewhat closely 

 punctured; interspaces here and there irregularly trans- 

 versely wrinkled. 



Genus ApRiEA. 



Corpus ovatum, convexum, dorso paullo deplanatum. 

 Caput vix exsertum; facie brevi, pcrpendiculari; antennis 

 filiformibus ; encarjns di\^t\xxGi\&\ carma vix elevatci ; ocnlis 

 ovalibus. Tliorax transversus, basi distincte lobatus. 

 Scutellum semirotundatum. Elytra oblonga, regulariter 

 punctato-striata. Prosternum oblongum, apice paullo 

 dilatatum; acetabulis auticis apcrtis. Mesostcrnum obli- 



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