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sparsim granuloso (fere ut B. scalaris, Germ.), sat fortiter 



canalicuiato, canali cinereo-squamoso, lateribus a basi f ere 



ad apicem leviter arcuatis, basi fortiter bisinuata ; elytris ad 



basin modice (fere ut J3. scalaris) lobatis, ad apicem singu- 



latim acuminatis vix productis, sat crebre granuloso-rugulosis 



(hand distincte punctulatis), sat pequaliter (ad suturam luiud 



magis quam in partibus ceteris) cinereo-maculatis, maculis 



inwqualibus nonnullis parvis nonnuUis magnis intermixtis ; 



corpore subtus sat dense cinereo-maculatis, abdominis seg- 



mentis 1-4 utrinque macula rotunda denudata ornatis ; 



femoribus anticis subtus bidentatis, posticis segrnenti vent- 



ralis basalis apicem vix superantibus. Long, (rostr. incl.), 



4| 1. ; lat., 1 1. (vix). 



A very distinct species, owing to the large and small cinereous 



patches on the elytra not being especially connected witli the 



suture ; the larger spots run more or less in two longitudinal 



rows on each elytron, of which the external one is scarcely less 



conspicuous than that nearer the suture. The general form is 



much as in B. scalaris, but less elongate, and with^ the elytra 



slightly more evidently at their widest behind the middle. This 



species is perhaps near B. aphthosus, Pasc, which, however, is so 



slightly described that it is difficult to form a clear idea of what 



it is like. It would seem, however, that it has a single tooth 



denuded spots on 

 distinctions from 



beneath all the femora, and that there are no 



its abdomen, both which characters furnisli 



the present insect. 



S. Australia ; I am not sure of the exact habitat, but it is 



probably in the Northern interior. 



*B- regalis, sp. nov. Sat elongatus ; minus parallelus ; piceo- 

 niger, squamis cinereis et nonnullis tlavescentibus vittatim 

 ornatus, elytris pedibusque (nonnullorum exemplorum) plus 

 minusve rufescentibus ; rostro quam prothorax longiori, 

 arcuato, nitido, subtilissime punctulato (maris basin versus 

 paullo magis fortiter); capite mox intra oculos flavescenti 

 squainoso, rugulose punctulato ; prothorax quam longiori 

 sexta parte latiori, sat fortiter (fere ut B. hidentati, Don.) 

 o-ranuloso, cinereo 3-vittato, sat fortiter canalicuiato, later- 

 fbus ab apice fere ad basin i-otundatum divergentibus (fere 

 ut B. hidentati), basi bisinuata ; elytris ad basin_ modice 

 lobatis, ad apicem sat fortiter acuminato-productis, pone 

 scutellum sat fortiter callosis, crebrius granulosis vel granu- 

 loso punctulatis (fere ut B. suturalis, Boisd.), vittis 2 (soil, 

 subsuturali cinerea et sublaterali flavescenti) squamosis 

 ornatis; corpore subtus ad latera et in medio dense in ceteris 

 partibus crebre maculatim niveo-squamoso : " 



femoribus anticis 



