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Sp. 1. Orodebes humeralis. 

 Black, with a purplish metallic tint, except the elytra, which are orange at the 



base, and the abdomen, which has a bright steel-blue tint. 

 Length % inch. 

 From New South Wales. 



Genus — HEPHiESTioN, Newman. 

 Sp. 1. Heph^stion ocreatus, Newman, Entomologist, p. 10. 

 Genus — Bimia, White. 



Sp. 1. Bimia femoralis. 

 Closely resembles Bimia bicolor of White (in the ' Illustrated Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Society '), but will be found to differ in the narrow instead of broad 

 black band on the thorax, and in the forehead and middle femora being ochra- 

 ceous instead of black. 



Genus — Akipteea. 

 Somewhat allied to Mr. Newman's genus Brachytria, but differing in the length 

 and structure of the antenna?, and other important characters. 



Sp. 1. Akiptera semiflava. 

 Head and thorax haiiy, yellow and black : elytra hairy, dull yellow, with the 



apical half black. 

 Length -^ inch. 

 From Australia. 



Genus — Brachytria, Newman. 



Sp. 1. Brachytria gulosa, Newman, Annals Nat. Hist, v., p. 6. 

 This species varies much, the dorsal spot is sometimes wanting, and occasionally 

 the three spots are united into one. 



Third Division. Wings much abbreviated. 

 Genus — Hesthesis, Newman. 



Sp. 1. Hesthesis ornata. 



The smallest species of the genus, and most nearly allied to H. variegatus of 

 Newman, the Molorchus variegatus of Fabricius. Head and thorax black : 

 elytra dark umber brown, with darker shoulders : legs and tarsi dull chesnut- 



brown. 

 Length § inch. 

 From Hunter's River. 



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Genus — Agapete, Newman. 



Sp. 1. Agapete caeissima, Neivman, Zoologist, p. 1017. 



The singular conformation of the antennae, these organs being twelve-jointed, im- 

 mediately distinguishes the genus from others of the Molorchidae. 



