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  1. Palaestrida bicolor White = Palaestrida bicolor White, 1846 (1a: head from lateral, 1b: pretarsus)
  2. Sitarida hopei White = Sitarida hopei White, 1846 (2a: mouthparts, 2b: antenna, 2c: eye shape, 2d: pretarsus)
  3. Tranes vigorsii (Hope) Schoenh. = Tranes vigorsii Boheman in Schönherr, 1843 (3a: head from lateral)
  4. Clytus (Obrida) fascialis White = Obrida fascialis White, 1846
  5. Callipyrga turrita Nemman = Callipyrga turrita Newman, 1842 (5a: outer anterior corner of elytra)
  6. Cyclodera quadrinotata White = Purpuricenus quadrinotatus (White, 1846)
  7. Microtragus senex White = Microtragus senex (White, 1846) (7a: thorax from lateral)
  8. Paropsis scutifera White = Peltoschema scutifera (White, 1846)
  9. Chrysomela (Australica ?) strigipennis White = Chalcolampra constricta (Erichson, 1842)
English:

"Sitarida, White.

Head broader than long, swollen behind the eyes; antennae 11-jointed, first joint the longest, bent and gradually thickened towards the tip, second joint thin and cup-shaped, half the depth of third joint which is squarish, fourth joint oblong, dilated anteriorly at the ends, and larger than second and third together, fifth to the tenth joints somewhat lamellate, nearly as long as the other four joints; eyes narrow and notched, the part of the head within the notch prominent; palpi thick, terminal joint oblong. Thorax narrowed in front, rounded on the sides and somewhat truncated behind; scutellum triangular, with a notched projection at the base; elytra very short, one-third the length of the body, wide at the base, narrowed at the tip; legs heteromerous, rather short, all the thighs compressed, claws simple.
This genus, which at first sight looks like a Meloe, is closely allied to Sitaris.
Sitarida hopei.
Black; elytra slightly pitchy; head and thorax thickly punctured; thorax with a cruciform impression on the disk; elytra with three keels meeting before they reach the apex, the intermediate spaces and the apex irregularly punctate.
Length 1 inch 5 lines.

Habitat: New Holland.

Palaestrida, White.

Head as long as broad; antennae with all the joints flattened, serrated on each side; 11-jointed, third to 9th joints widest. Thorax as wide as the head, narrowed in front; sides somewhat angular truncated behind, surface irregular; scutellum large, triangular. Elytra longer than the abdomen, sides parallel, ends rounded. Legs heteromerous, four claws to each tarsus, two of them larger than the others, and minutely serrulate on the inside.
Palaestrida bicolor.
Head, thorax, scutellum, body and legs, entirely black. Elytra light orange with three slight keels, the outer somewhat forked. Head coarsely punctured. Thorax with scattered punctures, and three or four depressions on the upper part.
Length 6 and 7 lines.
Habitat: New Holland.

This new genus comes near Palaestra Laporte (Anim. Artic. 2 250) and Tmesidera Westwood (in Guerin's Mag. de Zool. 1841, plate 85.)

Tranes vigorsii (Hope) Schoenh. Curc. 7 2, 130.

Cinnamon brown, the sides of the thorax with yellowish brown hairs, and patches in the striae of the same coloured hairs. Sides of the body beneath covered with yellowish hairs. Thorax very minutely punctured. glossy, with a very short deepish groove in the middle behind.
Length 9 to 11 lines.

Habitat: New Holland.

Cyclodera, White.

Antennae as long as the body, 11-jointed, first joint thick knobbed, second very small, terminal longer than third, pointed with a blunt tooth beyond the middle. Thorax globular, wider than the body.
Cyclodera quadrinotata.
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.

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.

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.

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.

Yellow; head vermilion, with two long black spots between and behind the eyes. Elytra yellow with a large squarish spot common to both, outwardly bounded by a dark line, except in front where the yellow of the general surface runs into the square. The ground of the spot is red, with a yellow line near the suture on each side; elytra at the base narrowly edged with black. Antennae, legs, and underside yellow.
Length 2 1/4 lines.

Habitat: New Holland.

Chrysomela (Australica ?) strigipennis.

Brown with a greenish metallic hue. Thorax and elytra margined with obscure yellow, thorax with the anterior angles yellow, a few irregular punctures in the middle, and the posterior parts thickly dotted with impressed points; elytra with seven irregular lines of impressed dots, towards the tip they are irregularly dispersed, there are a few irregular yellow streaks near the margins of the elytra; under side blackish brown, tibiae and tarsi yellowish.
Length about 4 1/4 lines.
Habitat: New Holland.

This differs from Australica in having the thorax narrower, and the antennae longer and less thickened at the end."

Date
Source Adam White: Descriptions of new of unfigured species of Coleoptera from Australia. By Adam White, M.E.S. Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum. In: John Lort Stokes: Discoveries in Australia (vol. 1, appendix 5, pl. 2)
Author Edward Doubleday, scan by Project Gutenberg
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