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d the middle. Thorax globular, wider than the body. ... Cyclodera quadrinotata. INSECTS. PLATE 2, FIGURE 6. Head, antennae, thorax, body and legs, black. Elytra yellowish red, tip and a large oblong spot on each black, the spot not reaching either margin of the elytron; under side of abdomen covered with silky hairs. The head is coarsely punctured, the thorax minutely chagrined with a deep indented spot on each side behind the middle. Elytra finely chagrined, with faint indications of two or three longitudinal lines on each. Length 7 1/2 lines. Habitat: New Holland, North-West Coast. This well marked species seems to be allied to the genera Arhopalus and Hesperophanes. ... Clytus (Obrida) fascialis. INSECTS. PLATE 2, FIGURE 4. Head black, punctured; antennae black, seventh and eighth joints yellowish. Thorax black, punctured and hairy, a short narrow smooth line on the back behind. Elytra purplish violet, with three longitudinal keeled lines not extending to the tip, coarsely punctured, except on the lines which are smooth: two first pairs of legs red, tips and bases of the joints darkish; tarsi with brownish hairs, posterior legs deep black; tibiae with longish hairs. Length 4 lines. Habitat: New Holland. ... Callipyrga turrita. Nemman, Entomologist, 413. STOKES' INSECTS. PLATE 2, FIGURE 5. Habitat: New Holland, near Sydney. The figure of this beautiful longicorn beetle, is drawn from the original specimen described by Mr. Newman; it is now in the collection of the British Museum. ... Microtragus senex. INSECTS. PLATE 2, FIGURE 7. Head ashy, antennae brown. Thorax brownish black, punctured and hirsute, a thick blunt spine from the middle on each side. Elytra at the base in the middle with a blunt slightly hooked spine, they have two prominent keels, the external the longest, the surface is deeply punctured, in some parts almost pitted, grey, a black line on sides and extending over the back, so as to form an oblong black spot from the middle to near the base, a dagger-shaped spot on the suture behind, and a few black spots on the elevated line. Abdomen beneath greyish. Legs grey, with short blackish bristles, tarsi narrow not dilated. Length about 7 lines. Habitat: New Holland. This curiously marked longicorn comes near Ceraegidion boisduval. ... Paropsis scutifera. INSECTS. PLATE 2, FIGURE 8. Yellow; head vermilion, with two long black spots betwe
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