BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 1257 



capite (hoc longitudinaliter sulcato) prothorace et corpore subtus 

 sat dense subrugulose punctnlatis ; elytris fortiter anguste 11- 

 costatis, interstitiis latis subconcavis seriatim punctulatis ; 

 autennis tarsisqiie cyanescentibus. 



[Long. 4^-5?, lat. 2 (vix)-2i lines. 



Var. Elytrorum fascia posteriori in medio anguste interrupta, 

 macula subapicali deficienti. 



The prothorax across the base is about three times as wide as 

 the length from its apical margin to the front of the projecting 

 elytral lobes, and is quite twice as wide at the base as in front. 

 Each elytron at the sutural apex forms a very strong sharp 

 process curved outward, above which externally is a much smaller 

 but equally sharp process also directed outward. The apical 

 dehiscence of the elytra commences scarcely above the upper 

 spine. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th. and 5th costse on the elytra are very 

 oblique, terminating on the 1st costa at successively greater dis- 

 tances down its length. 



Seems to resemble Conognatha navarchis, Thoms., (from Tas- 

 mania), — which I should judge from the description to be an 

 Astrceus, — but appears to differ from it as follows : — the size of 

 A. 2feyricki is very much less than of C. navarchis, the basal and 

 sub-apical elytral spots appear to be wanting in the latter, and 

 the anterior fascia reaches the suture. In C. navarchis the 

 labrum is said to be pale yellow and the tarsi to be brown, there 

 is no mention of the quite dense silvery pubescence which clothes 

 the underside of A. Meyrichi, and the forehead is said to be 

 carinated. No doubt there are other differences, as the descrip- 

 tion of C. navarchis is very incomplete, not mentioning (e.^.) the 

 position of the fasciae on the elytra or the presence of any costse 

 on the same. Probably the yellow elytral markings (which are 

 of a pale sulphur hue) are subject to considerable variation. 



W. Australia ; taken by E. Meyrick, Esq. 



A. MAJOR, sp.nov. 



Subnitidus ; postice minus angustatus ; seneus plus minus 

 cupreo- (vel violaceo-) micans, femoribus tibiisque plus minus 



