isrti.] 23 



logs of Dammara australis, in company ■with Mitrastethus haridioides, 

 Eedt., and Xenocnema spinijoes, Woll. The species varies a good deal 

 in size. 



CAMIRIJS,* n. gen. {Gatopidce). 

 Antennce 11-articulaice, apice leviter incrassatce, articulo 8" 



contigiiis minore. 

 'Palpi maxillares articulo ultimo magno, sub-seciiriformi. 

 Caput parvum, oculi prominuli, liheri. 

 TihicB piiihescentes. 



Maxillary palpi with the 2nd joint elongate and slender, 3rd not half bo long as 

 2nd, 4th much dilated internally so as to be nearly securiform. Head small, not 

 adapted in form to close the front of the thorax, the eyes very convex, almost 

 hemispherical, their hind part free. Mesosternum large, slightly separating the 

 middle coxae, which are much immersed. Hind coxse very nearly contiguous, in- 

 wardly broad, but pointed at their outer extremity, their trochanters rather large 

 and adapted to the femora. Hind-body with five visible ventral segments. 



The very anomalous insects for which I make this generic name, 

 I associate with the Catopidce, because they agree satisfactorily with 

 those insects in the structure of the prothorax, though in other re- 

 spects they are very anomalous. In many points, they approach the 

 Scydmcenidce, and will probably ultimately be considered a distinct 

 group, intermediate between the CatopidcB and Scydmcenidce. The two 

 species are extremely dissimilar in appearance, and may ultimately be 

 made distinct genera ; but as they possess in common the above pro- 

 minent characters, I associate them together for the present. 



Camirus TnoEACicus, n. sp. 



Minus convexus, niger, nifidus elytris hirsufis, anienjiis pedihusque 

 rufis ; thorace transversim suh-cordato, profunde canaliculato, punctis 

 hasalihus et lateralihus, jjaucisque discoidalihus inngnis, eh/tris striatis, 

 striisfortiter p)unctatis. Long. corp. Z\ mm. 



First joint of antennae rather longer and stouter than 2nd, 2-4 differing but 

 little from one another, 5 and 6 each a little shorter than its predecessor, 7th dis- 

 tinctly stouter than 6th and quite as long as it, 8th narrower and much shorter 

 than the adjoining joints, 9th-llth similar to one another in breadth, and a little 

 broader than the 7th, the 10th about as long as broad. Thorax broader than long, 

 rounded at the sides, greatly narrowed towards the front, and sinuate behind the 

 middle, so that the hind angles are well marked right angles, it is of a shining black 

 colour, and bears a few hairs, has a very deep channel on the middle which does not 

 reach quite to the front or base, a deep narrow basal fovea on each side, a scries of 

 coarse punctures (those towards the front finer) along the side margins, one or two 



* Cam-i-rus. — D. S. 



