BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 545 



the species with 9-jointed antennfe. Since the issue of Dr. Bur- 

 meister's " Handbuch '" three species have been named by Sir 

 William Macleay ; of these S. armaticeps, from Queensland, does 

 not appear to differ in any appreciable character from »S^. chlorotica, 

 Gyll. ; S. suturalis, also from Queensland, is not very satisfactorily 

 described as the structure of the antennte is not referred to, but 

 the black suture of its elytra seems to be a distinctive character ; 

 S. pallidida, from N. W. Australia, is only doubtfully referred 

 to Scitala, and unfortunately its author does not specify the reason 

 of his doubts, nor furnish any description of the antennae ; I am 

 fairly certain that I have not seen any of Sir William's species. 



The following are descriptions of new species in my collection 

 appertaining to the section of the genus in which the antennal 

 flabellum has only 8 joints. In the next part of this " Revision " 

 I hope to deal with the other section and to supply a tabulation 

 of the species. 



Sericesthis parallela, sp.nov. 



^. Elongata ; sat convexa ; sat parallela ; sat nitida ; rufo- 

 testacea, subtus dilutior, nee pruiuosa nee iridescens nee 

 velutina; capite (hoc postice sat tumido) crebrius subtilius 

 sat sequaliter, prothorace (hoc antice parum angustato) paullo 

 fortius minus crebre, elytris (his 4-geminato-striatis, striarum 

 geminatarum interstitiis subplanis) leviternec crebre, pygidio 

 crebrius fortius, punctulatis ; clypeo antice sat fortiter 

 reflexo, truncate vel late vix emarginato ; corpore subtus 

 sparsim subtilissime (metasterno ad latera et coxis posticis 

 magis fortiter exceptis) punctulato ; sternis femoribusque 

 pilis elongatis sparsissime vestitis ; tibiis anticis extus obtuse 

 sat fortiter tridentatis, dente femori proximo quam 2"^® sat 

 minore ; tarsis validis elongatis, subtus sparsissime lineatim 

 setis brevibus vestitis; tarsorum posticorum articulo 1° 2° vix 

 breviori ; antennis 8-articulatis, flabello stipite sat longiori ; 

 abdominis segmento ultimo late vix emarginato, apice sub- 

 retlexo. [Long. 4^, lat 2i lines. 



Q. Latet. 



