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of black; scutellum black; elytra rufous-brown, deeply 
punctured with eight somewhat elevated longitudinal ridges, 
and two broad black transverse bands ; femora black, rufes- 
cent at base; tibiae rufescent, with the apex black; tarsi 
black. Length 3-10ths of an inch.—Ilab. New Holland. 
Mus. Hope. 
Sp. 2. Prionopleura crucicollis, Boisduval. Head chesnut- 
brown, with a black frontal fascia ; thorax rufous-brown, 
with a transverse black band, produced in front and behind 
into a short cross; scutellum black, shining; elytra deep 
rufous-brown, coarsely punctured with five distinct and 
three less distinct longitudinal ridges, with three short longi¬ 
tudinal black patches at the base, and an irregular trans¬ 
verse black central band less rufous brown; femora with a 
black streak. Length 3-10ths of an inch.—Hab. New Hol¬ 
land and Van Diemen’s Land. Mus. Hope and Westwood. 
Sp. 3. Prionopleura Hopei, W.W.S. Deep rufous brown; 
head with a black band and spot; antennae rather longer 
than the body; thorax black, with a narrow rufous-brown 
margin ; scutellum black; elytra deep rufous-brown, deeply 
punctured with eight slightly elevated ridges and two black 
patches at the base, and a transverse central fascia. Length 
22-100ths of an inch.—Hab. Van Diemen’s Land. Mus. 
Hope and Westwood. 
Sp. 4. Prionopleura Crux nigra, Hope MSS. Dark rufous- 
broum ; antennas with the terminal joint black; thorax with 
a transverse black central band produced in the middle both 
before and behind, forming a cross ; elytra with nine longi¬ 
tudinal ridgts, the five nearest the suture well-defined, with 
a narrow longitudinal black streak on the shoulders, and a 
sickle-shaped patch near the suture extending nearly to the 
middle of the elytra, and then curving in a transverse direc¬ 
tion to the outer margin. Length |th of an inch.—Hab. 
New Holland. Mus. Hope. 
