by a. sidney olliff. 1011 



Ceresium simplex. 



StenocJiorus simplex, Gyllenhal, Schon. Syst. Ins., App. I., 

 p. 178. 



A widely distributed and variable species ; it is found in Aus- 

 tralia, and in the Pacific Islands it ranges from the Philippines to 

 New Zealand, having been known to occur in Manila, Samoa, 

 Tahiti, and Loi'd Howe Island. 



DiOTIMA UNDULATA. 



Diotivia undulata, Pascoe, Trans. Eiit. Soc. Lond. (2), V., p. 58, 

 pi. 2, fig. 9. 



This species is found in Queensland on Araucaria Cunninghami ; 

 in Norfolk Island it confines itself to the allied Norfolk Island 

 Pine, A. excelsa. 



Dysthaeta naevia, sp.n. 



Fuscous, moderately convex, closely covered with cinereous 

 pubescence ; prothorax with a conspicuous tubercle on each side 

 of the middle; elytra obscurely variegated with fuscous, a 

 tubercle on each side at the base. 



Head densely pubescent, with a strongly marked median 

 line. Antennae fuscous, about as long as th^ body, the basal 

 joint short, thickened towards the apex, joints 3-11 with 

 the bases clothed with grey pubescence. Prothorax distinctly 

 transverse, densely pubescent, with a stout lateral tooth in the 

 middle, a conspicuous tubercle on each side of the middle just 

 before the lateral teeth. Scutellum rounded behind, densely 

 pubescent. Elytra at the base much broader than the prothorax, 

 narrowed behind, the apex entire, very coai'sely and sparingly 

 punctured on the basal half, almost impunctate posteriorly, a few 

 minute tubercles mixed with the punctures near the base ; each 

 elytron with a conspicuous tubercle in the middle near the base. 

 Underside ferruginous, closely and finely pubescent. Legs clothed 

 with cinereous pubescence ; tibiae fuscous at the base. Length 

 15-17 mm. 



