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rated from tlie epistome by an indistinct semi-circular groove ; 

 eyes and apex of jaws black, antennae half the length of the body, 

 the outer half fuscous. Thorax rather more than twice as broad 

 as long, its apex broadly and deeply excavated ; sides rotundate- 

 angustate from their base to the apex, anterior and posterior angles 

 subacute ; surface transversely convex, deeply but not very closely 

 punctate, sides indistinctly thickened, more coarsely punctured. 

 Scutellum smooth and shining. Elytra slightly broader than the 

 thorax, nearly parallel in front, their apex regularly rounded ; 

 above convex, each elytron with ten rows of deeply impressed 

 fuscous punctures, the first abbreviated ; on the extreme outer 

 border is also another row concolorous with the disc ; a small 

 spot on the humeral callus, together with the two interrupted 

 transverse fasciae on the disc, piceous ; these bands, which are sub- 

 flexuose and abbreviated on the outer disc, are placed, the first 

 across the middle, the second half-way between this latter and the 

 apex of the elytron ; they are formed of a number of small 

 elongated piceous spots, which are placed one on each of the 

 longitudinal rows of punctures. Body beneath pale shining 

 fulvous. 



3. AustraUca transversa. 

 Subelongata, parallela, nitida, subtus nigra ; thorace, pectore, 

 femoribus (horum apice excepto), abdominisque limbo, flavis; 

 supra flava, antennis extrorsum, verticis plagis duabus, 

 thoracis basi, scutello, elytrorum fascia lata transversa 

 prope medium extrorsum abbreviatd, punctoque apicali, 

 nigris. 

 Long. 2g lin. 

 Hab. Moreton Bay. 



Subelongate, parallel, nitidous. Head broad, remotely punc- 

 tured, epistome separated from the face by a faint angular groove ; 

 vertex with two large transverse black patches, which extend, one 

 on either side, from the eye (surrounding its upper margin) nearly 

 to the medial line of the head ; outer half of antennae black. 

 Thorax more than twice as broad as long, slightly narrowed from 

 base to apex, sides nearly straight, suddenly narrowed near the 

 anterior angle ; upper surface smooth, remotely punctured, the 

 punctures being irregularly scattered over the suri'ace ; the black 

 portion of the surface is formed by two large triangular patches, 

 which, united at the base, extend the whole length of the basal 

 margin, their apices being produced anteriorly two-thirds across 

 the disc. Scutellum black. Elytra broader than the thorax, 



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