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REVISION OF THE GENUS SEIROTRANA, ETC. 



depressed below the plane of elytra. Elytra moderately convex,, 

 much wider than prothorax at base, shoulders squarely rounded, 

 sides not bulging towards middle in either 

 sex, and with rather blunt apex; striate- 

 punctate, with ten striae on each elytron, the 

 last two on the sides ; striae fine, with 

 punctures close and regular. Intervals flat, 

 very minutely punctate, and wider near 

 suture than at sides. Beneath densely 

 punctate, punctures especially coarse on 

 epipleurae and prosternum, much finer 

 on abdomen. Intermediate tibiae slightly 

 curved, the other tibiae straight. Dimen- 

 sions — (J, 4-5 x 2*2 mm.; £, 5*8 x 2*5 mm. 

 ffab. — Grose Valley near Blackheath (four specimens found in 

 rotten wood by the author). 



This insect is easily distinguished from its allies by its short, 

 rounded, and minutely but distinctly crenate sides of prothorax. 

 It is nearest to B. globulosa mihi, which besides being more 

 convexj has a much wider prothorax (in B. globulosa as wide as 

 the elytra) with the punctures thereon less close and deep. The 

 eyes are not so large as in B. pilosella, but are prominent, quite 

 round when viewed from above, while the ocular cavity beneath 

 is densely punctured. One specimen presented to the Macleay 

 Museum, the three types in the author's collection. 



Fig.5. 



BUPRESTIM. 

 Cyria cincta, n.sp. 



Elongate, depressed, black, shining, with a broad lateral vitta 

 flavous on elytra and prothorax. Beneath shining black, with 

 base and sides of abdominal segments and legs sparsely covered 

 with long white hairs. 



Head coarsely and unevenly punctate, with scattered whitish 

 hairs, deeply channelled between the eyes. Antennae fine 

 (much finer than in C. vittigera Hope) and pilose Third joint 



