BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 617 



S. PACHYPUS, Prtsc; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5012. Hah. — Loftus, 

 N.S.W. 



8. NERVOSUS, Pasc; I.e. 5009. Hab. — Sydney. 



8. SEMILINEATUS, Pasc; I.e. 5015. Hah. — Swan River, Mt. 

 Barker, Albany. 



S. GONIPTEROIDES, Pasc; I.e. 5007. Hah. — Swan River. 



S. sciURUS, Pasc; I.e. 501-1. Hab. — N.W. Australia (Macleay 

 Museum). 



S. Haagi, Roel. ; I.e. 5008. Hab. — Gayndah, Endeavour 

 River (Mr. G. Masters). 



S. NIGER, Roel; I.e. 5010. Hah.—^.^.W. (Mr. G. Masters). 



Pantoreites micans, n.sp. 



Elongate-elliptic, shining. Red, in places tinged with piceous. 

 Densely squamose, head uniformly clothed with whitish scales; 

 prothorax and elytra with five continuous stripes, the middle and 

 two lateral ones of glittering silvery scales, the two inner stripes 

 of somewhat ochreous and dull scales. Under surface and If^gs 

 with dense glittering scales, becoming subsetose on apical segment 

 of abdomen and beneath tibise. 



Head convex, punctate, no visible ocular fovea; eyes slightly 

 oblique, almost round. Rostrum slightly longer than head, 

 parallel-sided, densely punctate. Prothorax slightly transverse, 

 widening to base; posterior angles rather acute; densely punctate, 

 punctures concealed. Scutellum small, suboblong, apex rounded. 

 Elijtra not much wider than prothorax and about four times its 

 length; shoulders oblique; sides feebly decreasing from near base 

 to apex ; seriate-punctate, punctures large, almost concealed, 

 wider than interstices. Lecjs moderately long; tibia?, especially 

 the four anterior, curved, dentate beneath ; claw-joint curved, 

 longer than three basal joints combined. Length 5 J, width 2 mm. 



Hah. — Swan River. 



The scales in the middle of the prothorax form a parallel-sided 

 and rather broad stripe, and are more shining than elsewhere, 

 those at the sides being comparatively dull. On the elytra the 



