BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., ifcc. 325 



The genus has never been properly characterized, but the original 

 species P. bicolor seems to resemble them much. 



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89. ZONITIS PALLIDA. 



Entirely pale yellow above, black beneath. Head very minutely 

 punctate, antennae and palpi black, the latter with the last joint 

 not widened at the apex. Thorax minutely punctate, longer than 

 broad, slightly broader behind than in front. Elytra broader than 

 the thorax, four times the length, and very densely and minutely 

 transversely punctate, with three obsolete longitudinal lines on 

 each elytron. Legs entirely black, excepting the claws of the 

 tarsi, which are reddish. 



Length, 5 lines. 



Hah. — Barron River. 



Family CEDEMERID^. 



90. AnANCA LATERALIS. 



Pale yellow, covered with a dense short pubescence, densely 

 and minutely punctate, and clouded a little with brown on the top 

 of the head and on the thorax, and with an indistinctly defined 

 vitta of the same colour on the elytra near each lateral margin. 

 The thorax is longer than broad, and broader in front than 

 behind, with two large shallow depressions on the anterior half. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax at the base, and four times the 

 length, with four obsolete longitudinal lines on each elytron. 

 Under surface yellow excepting the four first abdominal segments 

 which are black or dark brown. 



Length, 5 lines. 



Hob. — Mossman River. 



