BY A. SIDNEY OLLIFF, F.E.S. 471 



85. Brachida annulata. 



Brachida annulata, Fauvel, Ann. Mns. G-enov. XIII., p. 572 

 (1878.) 



A praeuedente statura paulo minore, colore rufo testaceo, 

 abdoruine sat fortiter attenuato, pube multo densiore et subtiliore, 

 capite utrinque disco crebrius, thorace densius fortiusque, elytris 

 abdounineque triplo crebrius subtiliusque punctatis, elytris 

 praeter latera, segmentisque 4-5 tantuca nigricantibus ; thorace 

 angustiore, minus trans verso, punctis 4 majoribus disci non 

 perspicuis, basi utrinque sinuata ; elytris paulo longioribus, 

 sutura baud impressa ; segraentis basalibus minus transversim 

 impressis, 6.° subtiliter sat dense punctulato. Long. 2 mm. 

 {Fvl) 



Sydney, New South Wales. 



Tribe 3. GYMNUSINA. 



Maxillse with the inner lobe entirely corneous, serrate on the 

 inner side, the apex hooked ; maxillary palpi with the second and 

 third joints very long, the fourth extremely small and not very 

 distinct. Eyes scarcely prominent, 



21. Myllaena. 



Erichson, Kaf. Mark, I., p. 382 (1837); Lacordaire, Gen. Col. 

 II., p. 48. — Centroglossa, Matthews, Ent. Mag. V., p. 194 (1838). 



Mentum transverse, slightly emarginate, the anterior angles 

 enormously produced. Ligulavery small, rounded, entire. Maxillary 

 palpi 3 -jointed, the 1st joint minute, 2nd and 3rd increasing in 

 width. Labial palpi 2-jointed, 1st joint elongate. Maxillse with 

 the external lobe slender, ciliate internally near the apex ; the 

 internal lobe long, hooked at the apex, the iuner side finely denti- 

 culated from the middle. Libium membranous, furnished with 

 two long filaments. Mandibles robust, unarmed, provided on the 

 inner side with a large denticulated membranous plate. Head 

 somewhat produced in the middle. Antennse slender, 1st joint 

 robust, 2nd twice as long as the 3rd. Prothorax transverse. Elytra 



