CERAMBYCIDiE. 333 



Of a ferruginous brown ; the antennae from the fourth to the 

 seventh joints ferruginous at the base ; thorax closely covered 

 with distinct rounded punctures, each of which has a hair. 

 Elytra irregularly but closely punctured, with two indistinct lon- 

 gitudinal ridges at the base; each with four small yellowish- 

 white smooth spots resembling ivory, one at the base nearer the 

 suture than the shoulder; two obliquely transverse near the 

 margin before the middle, and a fourth beyond the middle ; apex 

 black. Body beneath covered with short greyish hairs. 

 Hab. Australia (Melbourne). 



215. PYTHEUS. 

 Pytheus, Newman, Entom. p. 14. 



1. Pytheus jugosus. B.M. 



P. capite et thorace rugatis ; elytris dorso complanatis, jugosis, 

 interstitiis profunde punctatis, marginibus hneisque duabus 

 discoidalibus elevatis ; capite, antennis, thorace et sterno nigris ; 

 elytris, pedibus et abdomine ferrugineis ; elytris macula com- 

 muni dorsali alteraque apicali nigris. 



Pytheus jugosus, Newman, Entom. p. 14. 

 Hab. Australia (Sydney) (Ent. Club). 



216. LEPIDTSIA, n. g. 



Head with the eyes distant, deeply notched. Antennas reach- 

 ing to beyond the middle of the elytra, thickish ; third and fourth 

 joints about equal in length, fifth joint the longest, sixth to the 

 eleventh joints shorter and about equal in length. Thorax rather 

 longer than wide, with a slight protuberance on each side. 

 Elytra depressed. 



1. Lepidisia bimaculata, n. s. PI. VIII. f. 9. B.M. 



L. squamosa, virescenti-grisea ; antennis subrufis, articulo quinto 

 annulo pilorum alborum, elytris singulis macula parva im- 

 pressa rotundata sericea flavescenti-alba. 

 Long. lin. 3£. 



Covered with small adpressed yellowish-white scales on a 

 greenish-grey ground; head flat in front; antennae somewhat 

 ferruginous, the first joint scaly ; fifth joint with a widish ring 

 of yellowish-white silky hairs ; thorax somewhat impressed in 



