198 REVISION OF PTEROHEL^US (contd.) AND SARAGUS, ETC., 



*S'. axidoides Pasc. = ;S'. simjilex Hope. — Pascoe himself stated 

 this synonymy, which Macleay denies; but I have not seen any 

 insect identified by Macleay as Hope's insect, and there seems 

 every reason to accept Pascoe's opinion. 



(S'. hrniinijiewtiis iMacL, ^^S'. inarginatns Sol., = <S'. hrunidpes 

 Boisd. -The type of Macleay 's insect agrees with De Breme's 

 redescription of ;S'. brunnipes except as to dimensions, Macleay 

 giving 4^x2^ lines for S. briiniiipemdn and De Breme 11x7 

 mm. for S. b?'nnnipeH. I have, however, two undoubted speci- 

 mens of Macleay's species, which measure 10x6 mm., and this 

 very common insect may well vary to the above extent in size. 

 The species identified by Macleay as S. by-uimipes is widely 

 different from Boisduval's insect, and is the species described 

 below as S. sphferoides. 



Saragus novem-costatus, n.sp. 



"Widely elongate-ovate, convex, subparallel, the whole surface 

 opaque, chocolate-brown, and, except the discal portion of pro- 

 thorax, covered with short yellowish pilose derm. 



Head with labrum strongly produced, epistoma truncate with 

 rounded angles, canthus I'aised, round, and forming an obtuse 

 angle with the sides of the epistoma, the latter limited posteriorly 

 by a semicircular groove, forehead with a distinct longitudinal 

 sulcus widening anterior^, closely punctured; e3'es narrow, trans- 

 verse, and widely separated, antennae stout and rope-like, third 

 joint as long as the fourth and fifth combined, the three penulti- 

 mate joints round, apical joint pointed at extremity. Prothornx 

 (4"4 X 10 mm ; length measured in middle, width at base) twice 

 as wide at base as at apex, emarginate in fi'ont, with apex 

 produced backwards at the centre in a sinuate \/ -i:\\vve, sides 

 converging but curvilinear from base to apex, margins wide and 

 strongly reflexed on front half, anterior angles slightly rounded, 

 posterior angles acute and deflexed, base trisinuate, extreme 

 border raised at apex, thickened and slightly raised at sides, 

 subobsolete at base; disc slightly gibbous towards base, distinctly 

 channelled to meet the angle of V at apex, channel obsolete at 

 base, surface coarsely and closely punctured, intervals a little 



