Axixtral'mn Cisteiidae. <)7 



6 Prothorax impunctate ebeninus, n.sp. 



7 12 Elytra elongate ovate 



8 1 1 Elytral intervals little raised 



9 Prothorax densely rugose punctate, fore tibiae dentate 



armata, n.sp. 



10 Prothorax obsoletely, but frequently, punctate, tibiae unarmed 



Uncognita, Blackb 



11 Prothorax sparsely and subobsoletely punctate Lindi, Blackb 



12 Elytral intervals costiform CGstatipennis, Champ 



( I ) The species determined by Blackburn as pimeloides, Hope, and 

 fully described by him (Proc. Linn. Soc, X.S. Wales, 1888, p. 1436) 

 lias been definitely determined by Mr. Blair as M. (Allecula) 

 omophoides, Hope., while .1/. gibbicollis, Newm. (which Pascoe 

 named as the type of the genus), is not synonymous with that species. 

 .1/. omophloides, Hope, is common in South Aus., N.W. Victoria, 

 western parts (if X.S. Wales, and South Queensland, while the 

 gibbicollis, Newm., is found near Sydney, the Blue Mountains, and 

 other parts of New South Wales. From identified specimens in the 

 British Museum, the elusive genus Lisa has been tracked down, as 

 a synonym. Thus M. (Allecula) omophloides, Hope = pimeloides, 

 Blackb. (nee Hope) = 7/?'sa singularis, Haag. 



Allecula puncti peiiuis, Macl. — An examination of the type of this 

 in the Aus. Mus. shows it to be clearly a Metistete, while there is 

 little doubt but that A. Cisteloides, Newm., placed in this genus by 

 Borchmann, is a Homotrysis=#. fuscipennis, Bless. =etc. (vide 

 infra). The a* is winged. 



A. pimeloides, Hope, is almost certainly the insect described by 

 Blackburn as Homotrysis princeps, which is. in the author's opinion, 

 a true Hybrenia. and has been dealt with above as Hybrenia pime- 

 loides, Hope. 



Metistete armata. n. sp. 



Elongate, subparallel, nitid brownish-black, with moderate cloth- 

 ing of short, upright reddish hair, labium, palpi and tarsi red, 

 antennae and tibiae darker red. Head and pronotwm closely rugose 

 punctate, the head and anterior part of pronotum longitudinally 

 rugose, the basal pari of pronotum closely and rather coarsely punc- 

 tate. Eyes larpe, prominent and separated by a distance equal to 

 the diameter of one, antennae wanting beyond the fifth joint, joint 

 3 considerably longer than 4. Prothorax bulbous, with sides and 

 angles deflexed, as long as wide, about as wide at base as at apex, 

 widest in front of middle, anterior angles widely rounded, posterior 



1 Species unknown to the author. 



