42 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Anthribida. 



rostrum, &c. A second species of Ancylotropis is found at 

 Amboyna. 



Genethila retusa. 



G. oblonga, picea, griseo-tomentosa ; scutello maculaque lateral! 



elytrorum albescentibus. 

 Hob. Moreton Bay. 



Oblong, pitchy, with a thin greyish tomentum ; rostrum with 

 a depressed longitudinal line in the centre ; prothorax with two 

 oblique impressed lines, forming a V-shaped mark on its disc ; 

 elytra punctato-striate, wider than the prothorax at its base, 

 slightly dilated towards the apex, then suddenly and perpendi- 

 cularly truncate, the truncated portion of each with two tuber- 

 cles clothed with fulvous hairs ; near the shoulder on each side, 

 but extending behind the middle, an obscure whitish subtrian- 

 gular patch, and at the base two rows of small blackish spots ; 

 antennae and legs dull yellowish brown ; eyes black ; head and 

 thorax beneath pitchy, punctured. Length 3 lines. 



PH^EOCHROTES. 



Head broad in front, contracted below the eyes ; rostrum of 

 moderate length, slightly dilated towards the apex, which is 

 entire. Antennae shorter than the body, arising from a longitu- 

 dinal cavity above the apex ; the first two joints short, scarcely 

 thicker than the third, the rest gradually dilating at their apices 

 to the eighth, which is broadly triangular ; the last three form- 

 ing a stout, ovate, compact club. Eyes large, remote, lateral, 

 round, entire. Mandibles rather long. Labrum small, rounded 

 below. Palpi slender, acuminate. Prothorax slightly depressed, 

 narrowed anteriorly, the carina subbasal, strongly curved at the 

 side. Elytra short, subdepressed, covering the pygidium. Legs 

 of moderate length ; first tarsal joint elongate. 



Ph&ochrotes porcettus, 



P. subovatus, piceus, parce griseo-tomentosus, obsolete fusco-macu- 



latus. 

 Hob. Macassar. 



Subovate, slightly depressed, pitchy brown, sparingly covered 

 with a short, coarse, greyish tomentum, varied on the head and 

 prothorax with a few indistinct brownish patches; elytra punctato- 

 striate ; antennas at the base ferruginous, darker at the apices of 

 the joints, the last four or five entirely brown ; body beneath and 

 legs dark brown, bases of the tibiae reddish ferruginous. Length 

 IJline. 



NERTHOMMA. 



Head rather small, subquadratc ; rostrum short, slightly pro - 



