BY E. W. FERGUSON. 237 



It will be seen from tlie above, Ibat tlie records are too scanty to 

 permit of generalisation on the distribution of tlie genus. Possibly 

 all the species will be found to liiive a fairly extensive range. 



Table of Species. 



l.(12)Prothurax tuberculate, e3'es rather deeply set. 



2.(9)Sides of prothorax, as vMewed from aljove, with tubercles more or 



less flattened, outwardly directed in single series. 

 *^.(6)Protiiorax widely explanate. 



4.(5)Klytra granuloae between the rows of tubercles 



M. draco VV. S. Macleay. 



5.(4)Elytral derm smooth, non-granulose between tubercles 



M. insignis, n.sp. or var. 



6. (3)Prothorax transverse but much less explanate. 



7.{8)Tubercles on elytra rounded or conical... . M. tihialia, n.sp. 



8. (7)Tubercles on elytra elongate, much less strongly raised 



M. ohaoletics, n.sp. 



9 (2).Sides of prothorax with tul)ercles forming a cluster in middle of 

 lateral margin. 



10.(ll)Elytral tubercles black iV. Schiinherri Hope. 



ll.(10)Elytral tubercles reddish M. LeAchhardti Macleay. 



12. (l)Prothorax more or le.ss closely granulate: eves prominent 



.. M. Boisfdvvali Roisd. 



Macramycterus draco W. S. Macleay. 



W. S. ^[acleay (Phalidura), Kin g-^s Survey, ii., App., 1827, p. 

 244; W. Macleay {Amt/clerus), Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. Wales, i., 

 1805, p. 266. 



(Plate xiv., figs.l, 2.) 



Type, Ph. draco W. S. Macleay, ^. Elongate, robust, pro- 

 thorax widely anipliate. Black, with patches of greyish clothing 

 on sides, a few greyish scales on elytra. 



Head with middle of concavity strongly raised, elongately tri- 

 angular. Rostrum with tlie internal ridges moderately strong, 

 practically meeting. Eyes subrotundate. Prothorax(6 x 10 mm.) 

 strongly ampliate-explanate, disc with median and su))lateral areas 

 obsoletely furrowed, median line of tubercles four in number on 

 each side, subconical, briefly tiansverse ; sides explanate, with six 

 laterally projecting' tnl)cicles or teeth, widest across at level of 



