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. hpilosce) formatis; prothorace quam longiori duplo latiori, 



antice parum angustato, supra crebre (in disco nullo 



modo confluenter) punctulato, lateribus crenulatis for- 



. titer rotundatis, angulis posticis obtusis, basi in media 



parte manifeste lobata; elytris longitudinaliter obtuse 



.sat perspicue costulatis, duplieiter (minus fortiter et 



,,.„ puncturis majoribus numerosis sat fortiter impressis) 



, punctulatis ; pygidio puncturis minus crebre minus f or- 



, titer impresso. 



Fern, latet. Long., 10 1.; lat., 5 1. 



• ; Differs from all the other species of Khopcza known to 

 me (except pilosaj by the characters cited above as distinguish- 

 ing B.-'pilosa from them. It differs from all of them (includ- 

 ing piiosaj by its prothorax fully twice as wide as long, and 

 also by the sculpture of its elytra, the punctures of which 

 are- rail, strongly impressed — the smaller ones not nearly so 

 small, or.:. closely placed as in other species (e.g., pilosaj — 

 •a sculpture which causes the elytra to be distinctly rugulose 

 and somewhat more nitid than is usual in many Bhophcece. 

 The coriaceous space on the dorsal surface of the apical joint 

 of i; the ; maxillary palpi is not, as it is in many Ehopcea 

 (e<g., -the two described above), concave, but is merely 

 depressed; I am, however, doubtful of the value of this 

 character, as the depth of the concavity is certainly not quite 

 invariable within the limits of a species. 



:::sMew. South Wales, Inverell ; sent to me by Mr. Carter. 



B. dubitans, sp. nov., Mas. Minus elongata ; capite pronoto 

 ' ; elytrisque pilis erectis fulvis sat elongatis sparsim ves- 

 ti'tis, sternis pedibusque longe pilosis ; ruf o-brunnea ; 

 Clypeo (hoc minus transverso peralte reflexo) sat crebre 

 sat fortiter nee rugulose, fronte fere ut clypeus sed rugu- 

 • lose, punctulatis; palporum maxillarium articulo apicali 

 ' " v Supra concavo, parte concava coriacea; antennis 10- 

 : • articulatis, articulo 3° quam latiori circiter duplo 

 ":• longiori, flabello 6-articulato quam articuli ceteri con- 

 ii: juncti parum longiori (illius articulo primo quam ceteri 

 :; 'i fere triplo breviori) ; prothorace quam longiori ut 18 ad 

 " 11 latiori, antice fortiter angustato, supra sparsius minus 

 profunde (latera basinque versus crebrius pro- 

 fundius) punctulato, lateribus crenulatis fortiter 

 (in media parte obtuse subangulatim) rotundatis, 

 /.angulis posticis rectis, basi media late leviter lobata; 

 elytris longitudinaliter obtuse sat obsolete costulatis, for- 

 titer ingequaliter rugulose sat crebre punctulatis,; 

 pygidio crebre subtiliter subaspere punctulato. 

 Fern, latet. Long., 10 1.; lat., 4f 1. 



