• BY H. J. CARTER. 4& 



Under Encyalesthus, two species have been described, to which 

 a third is now added. These may be tabulated as follows : — 



Encyalesthus Motsch. 

 l(3)Colour ])lack. 



2.Subnitid, hind tibije of 6 with margins entire pnnctipennU Pasc. 



S.Ver}' uitid, hind tibiae of S with excised margin excisipe<i, n.sp. 



*4. Elytra green or bronze, posterior tibiae of i angniate... atj-o-viridis Mac). 



Promethis. 



Before attempting to tabulate the species of this genus, it is 

 necessary to clear the ground by a discussion of Boisduval's 

 species, the inadequate descriptions of which contain neither 

 dimensions nor figures (with one exception), and the types are 

 mostly lost. To take these in turn, Pediris (Upis) sulcigera is 

 the one member of the Subfamily figured in the " Voyage de 

 r Astrolabe," and is well known in European museums. Origin- 

 ally described from Amboyna, I have specimens from New Guinea 

 and Cape York, the latter taken by Mr. H. Hacker, as recorded 

 by me (These Proceedings, 1909, p 125). 



Upis Lottinii Boisd., placed by Gebien under Seteriis. — There 

 is a specimen in the British Museum consignment, labelled New 

 South Wales (F. Bates' Coll.), with a second label bearing the 

 name " Upis Lottinii Boisd., Schaufuss." This specimen is 

 undoubtedly a F7'omethis, and is probably a small F. nigra Bless. 

 A second specimen, bearing similar labels, has been further 

 labelled by Mr. Blair as P. lethalis Pasc. This specimen, I should 

 consider as the typical P. tiigra Bless. The original habitat of 

 U. Lottinii was stated to be New Guinea. Having little doubt 

 as to the synonymy of /'. lethalis Pasc, with /'. nigra J^less., 

 (from specimens of the former sent by Mr. Blair, compared with 



* Macleay omitted any reference to sex in his description, or to the fact 

 that tlie elytra are often a brilliant brassy-bronze colour; the females have 

 the posterior tibiae without this angubir swelling. I have examined many 

 specimens. 



Oectosis. — The single species, 0. cylindrica Pasc, is not common in 

 collections. I have a specimen from the Mallee district of Victoria. 



