BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 615 



iiliaost straight, feebly increasing to base; not vei'y densely, and 

 irregularly punctate. Scutellum small, rounded, depressed. Elytra 

 al)out twice the width and a little more than twice the length of 

 prothorax; each with ten rows of moderately large, round, and 

 rather deep punctures, larger than those of prothorax; interstices 

 wider than punctures, scarcely raised; near hase with a callosity 

 larser than on shoulder and common to 3rd, -Ith, and 5th inter- 

 stices, seen from above apparently situate on 4th. Legs mode- 

 rately thick ; tibiaj feebly curved, with numerous small teeth 

 beneath. Length 4|, width 2 mm. 



Ilab.—^Gw South Wales (Mr. G. Masters). 



A small, narrow, dirty-looking species, the peculiar leaden 

 appearance of which is certainly not due to abrasion, nor is it 

 caused by scales or pollinosity, but appears to be more of the 

 nature of a dull varnish. 



Syarbis pulchripennis, n.sp. 



Reddish-brown, shining ; sterna tinged with piceous ; elytra 

 with paler markings, consisting of a transverse fascia near base, 

 continued along suture and narrowly opening out towards 

 apex. With small greyish scales rather densely covering head 

 and rostrum, and feebly distributed on prothorax and elytra; each 

 puncture containing a large scale. Under surface and legs rather 

 densely squamose, scales sometimes tinged with ochreous; tibiae 

 almost ciliate beneath. 



Head with an impressed line down middle and in front of eyes; 

 densely punctate ; eyes transversely elliptic. Rostrum thick, 

 swollen in middle, longer than head, densely punctate. Antenna? 

 short, club briefly pyriform Prothorax longer than wide, sides 

 straight, feebly decreasing to base; i-ather densel}^ and regularly 

 punctate, punctures lai'ge, round, shallow. Scutellum slightly 

 depressed, elliptic. Elytra about once and one-half the width of 

 prothorax and not thrice its length; feebly decreasing to near 

 apex; apex feebly emarginate; e,ach with ten rows of punctures 

 ■on prothorax; interstices very slightly raised, -tth with a distinct 

 .callosity (but smaller than that on shoulder) near base. Leys 



