40 Mr. F. P. Pascoc on some new Anthribida* 



arching forwards, dividing at the side into two diverging branches, 

 the posterior terminating at the prothoracic angle, the anterior 

 continued to about two-thirds the length of the prothorax. 

 Scutellum small, round. Elytra subconvex, parallel. Legs of 

 moderate length; the first tarsal joint shorter than the rest 

 together. 



Hypseus fascicularis. 



H. elongato-ovalis, piceus, vario-fusco-tomentosus ; elytris fascicu- 



latis, pone medium in singulis macula griseo-alba ornatis. 

 Hob. Borneo. 



Elongate-oval, pitchy, tornentose ; general colour dark brown, 

 obscurely varied with lighter shades of the same colour; on 

 the prothorax a dark crescent-shaped mark, interrupted in 

 the middle, and two others behind ; elytra obscurely punctato- 

 striate, four dark fascicles of hairs placed longitudinally on 

 each, the first at the base on a slight callosity, behind the 

 middle fascicle an oblique dull-whitish spot; when viewed 

 with the head towards the observer, each alternate interstice 

 at the base is found to be obscurely spotted with white, and 

 the other interstices have a slight tinge of yellowish brown ; 

 antennae brown, the two basal joints testaceous red ; legs dark 

 brown, varied with ferruginous. Length 2 lines. 



ETHNECA. 



Head small, rather narrow ; rostrum moderately long, slightly 

 contracted in the middle, dilated below ; the apex subemargi- 

 nate. Antenna? short, arising from a shallow groove near the 

 apex; the first two joints subequal, tumid; the third longest ; 

 the last three forming a short compact club. Eyes lateral, 

 round, entire. Labrum subquadrate. Maxillary palpi rather 

 robust, subacuminate ; the labial slender. Prothorax subconic, 

 convex; the carina rather distant from the base, but approach- 

 ing the posterior angle at the side, and terminating in a slight 

 curve. Scutellum subquadrate. Elytra short, wider than the 

 prothorax, its sides rounded. Legs rather short, stout; the 

 first tarsal joint wider than the rest, and produced at the apex 

 on each side. Mesosternum rounded posteriorly. 



Ethneca Bakewellii. 



E. ovata, picea, nigro-tomentosa, fulvo-maculata ; rostro medio lon- 



gitudinaliter impresso. 

 Hab. Australia (Melbourne). 



Ovate, pitchy, with a brownish-black tomentum and greyish- 

 yellow hairs thinly interspersed ; rostrum with a broad shallow 

 longitudinal impression in the middle; scutellum fulvous; ely- 



