BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 265 



and behind the base. Legs rather short and thick. Length 4|^, 

 width Ih mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales (probably from about Sydney). 



M E L A N D R Y I D ^. 



Orchesia saltatoria, n.sp. 



Short, robust, convex, shining. Dark castaneous, legs and 

 antennae slightly paler. Moderately densely clothed all over with 

 short brownish-yellow pubescence, shortest at apex of elytra, 

 longest on prothorax. Feebly transversely punctate-strigose all 

 over. 



Head somewhat triangular in shaj)e; antennae thickening to 

 apex, passing intermediate coxae, 1st joint one and a half times as 

 long as 2nd, 2nd-3rd subequal, longer than those following, 4th- 

 6th short, subcylindrical, 7th-llth broader, flat, 11th about twice 

 as long as 10th. Prothorax much wider behind than in front; 

 broadly and feebly bisinuate, and with a shallow depression on 

 each side of the base; median line invisible. Scutellum small, 

 broadly transverse. Elytra about two and a half times as long- 

 as wide, a very feeble depression on each side of suture, most 

 visible towards apex. Posterior tibiae short, thick, their spurs 

 stout, almost equal, as long as themselves, and about three- 

 fourths the length of first tarsal joint; tarsi with the basal joint 

 distinctly longer than tibiae, or the three following joints com- 

 bined. Length 3|, width 1| mm. 



Hah. — Forest Reefs. 



I have nine specimens under examination, in the size of which 

 there is but very little difference. I suppose I must have the 

 sexes, but I cannot distinguish them; the species comes closest to 

 0. Macleayi, but its much smaller size, broader form, &c., will 

 easily separate it from that species. All my specimens were taken 

 on tops of posts at dusk; they hopjDed immediately the hand was 

 brought near them, and in this way I lost many others. 



