708 A LIST OP THE TROGOSITIDiE OP AUSTRALIA, 



are clothed with a few clingy white scales very unlike the dense 



mass of appressed scales with which the prothorax of L. lacera is 



provided. 



Sub-Family. IV. PELTIN.E. 



The following are the chief characters of the genera of this sub- 

 family. 



A. Antennaj with nine joints Peltonyxa 



B. Antennae with ten joints. 



a. Claws very slightly dentate Nea>ipls 



b. Claws dentate 



aa. Body almost glabrous. Presternum very slightly 



dilated behind the coxae, the apex rounded Latohi'va 



bb. Body densely pubescent or clothed with scales. Pro- 

 sternum dilated behind the coxae, the apex triangular. A ncyrona 



C. Antennte with eleven joints. 



a. Antennae with a gradually formed three-jointed club. Lophocatn-es 



b. Antennas filiform, only slightly thickened towards 



the extremity Peltoschema 



Peltonyxa. 



Reitter, Verh. ver. Briinn XIV, p. 46(1876). 



Body elongate, very slightly pubescent. Head truncate in front, 

 slightly emarginate on each side, with a transverse impression on 

 the disc between the antennae. Antennae nine jointed, the first 

 joint very much, the second slightly thickened, the club three- 

 jointed. Prothorax scarcely emarginate in front, the anterior 

 angles only slightly produced. Elytra punctate-striate. Prosternum 

 between the coxae narrow, the apex not dilated. 



16. Peltonyxa Deyrollei. (A.M.) 



Peltonyxa Deyrollei, Reitter, Verh. ver. Briinn, XIV., p. 46 

 (1876). 



Lane Cove, Sydney, New South Wales. 



Herr Reitter's descx'iption of this species is as follows : — 

 " Elongata, levissime subconvexa, fusco-ferruginea, subtus ferru- 

 gineo-testacea, subopaca,vix perspicuepubescens ; capite thoraceque 

 obsolete punctatis, hoc lateribus pauUo dilutiore, elytris elongatis, 

 striato-punctatis, interstitiis alternis elevatis. Long. 4.2 mm." 



