BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 461 



Terillus suturalis, sp.nov. 



Sat elongatus ; subparallelus ; ferrugineus, mandibulis apice, 

 scutellum, suturaque, piceis vel nigris ; pilis sat longis pallidly 

 gracilibus (supra nonnullis robustis squamiformibus intermixtis, — 

 his sublineatim dispositis) sat crebre vestitus ; supra sat sequaliter 

 crassius subragulose, subtus multo subtilius, punctulatus ; pro- 

 thorace quam longiori fere duplo latiori, antice minus angustato, 

 lateribus rotundatis. Maris tarsorum anteriorum 4 articulo 1° sat 

 fortiter dilatato, segmento ventrali 5° postice late arcuatim 

 emarginato. 



Western Australia ; taken by E. Meyrick, Esq. 



CuDNELLiA, gen.nov. 



Corpus ovale, supra glabrum, subtus pilis erectis minus con- 

 spicuis vestitum. Caput verticale usque ad oculos thoraci 

 insertum. Oculi fortiter granulati, subrotundati, sat prominentes. 

 Antennae corporis dimidio paullo longiores, apicem versus minus 

 incrassatse. Prothorax ad latera valde declivis, antice fortiter 

 productus, lateribus integris. Scutellum parvum, trans versum. 

 Elytra ovalia, coagmentata, abdomen arete amplectentia. Pro- 

 sternum inter coxas minus latum, postice truncatum minus 

 dilatatum, episternis antice baud convexis. Femora inermia, 

 medio dilatata. Tibiae validse, simplices, apice externo dente 

 dilatato. Tarsi robusti, articulo 3° profunde bilobo, posticorum 

 articulo primo sequentibus 2 conjunctis paullo breviori. Ungui- 

 culi appendiculati, divaricati. Metasternum prosterni dimidio 

 vix longius. 



I am in considerable doubt as to the affinity of this insect. It 

 bears much resemblance to the species which Dr. Chapuis groups 

 together under the name " Clidonotites" — indeed I found it in 

 company with a Strumatophyma. But these are ChrysomelideSj 

 and the present insect having the 3rd joint of its tarsi deeply and 

 narrowly bilobed should stand through that character among the 



