652 MISCELLANEA ENTOMOLOGICA, NO. V. 



85. Sympetes Macleayi, Pascoe. 



Journ. of Ent. II. p. 465. 



" Broadly and almost elliptically ovate, and very much depressed^ 

 dark brown, the margins paler, somewhat shining ; clypeus broad,^ 

 emarginate at the apex, and hiding the lip ; prothorax finely punc- 

 turedj the disk at the base scarcely moi'e than a third of the width ; 

 scutellum broadly triangular ; elytra with rather small punctures, 

 sharply raised along the suture, each elytron with three indistinct 

 lines, the margins nearly flat ; body beneath and legs dull reddish- 

 brown, the margins of the prothorax and elytra finely punctured " 

 (Pascoe). 



Length, 12 lines. 



Hah. — King George's Sound, Western Austi'alia. 



My specimens of this insect have the median line of the thorax 

 carinated lightly in front, and more elevated towards the base ;. 

 Mr. Pascoe makes no mention of this, yet as I can scarcely think 

 that there is more than one species of this peculiar flattened form,. 

 I fancy it must be an omission on Mr. Pascoe' s part. 



86. Sympetes contractus, Hope. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. Vol. V. p. 53, VI. fig. 2. 



" Ater, ovatiis, postice vix dilatatus, antennis piceis ; thorace 

 marginibus elevatis, lineaque media longitudinali elevata. Elytra 

 sub-lente tribus lineis parum distinctis notata, sparsimque punctu- 

 lata. Corpus infra atro-piceum, abdomine colore piceo inquinato 

 pedibusque concoloribus " (Hope). 



Long. 9^ lines, lat. 3| lines. 



Hah. — Swan River. 



87. Sympetes tricostellus, Vv^'hice. 



Voy. Capt. Grey, App. p. 464. — Breme, Mon. Cossyph. I. p. 53,. 

 pi. V. fig. 6. 



Brown, glabrous, ovate, dilated posteriorly. Head punctate^ 

 slightly transverse, rounded laterally with the borders raised, a 



