>7e) [August, 1877 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW COLEOPTHRA EROM VARIOUS LOCALITIES. 

 BY C. O. WATERHOUSE. 



{Continued from fage 28). 



TENEBEIONID^. 

 CYTHALEINM. 



Ctphaleus ^eeus, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convextis ; capite creberrime fortiter functato, inter oculos im- 

 jpresso ; Ihorace sat transverso, antice angustato, vix crehre evidenter ■punctata, 

 utrinque impresso,angulis anticis et j^osticis acutis,basi medio lohato ; seutello 

 punctata ; elytris ceneo-cupreis, convexis, vix crehre distincte punctatis, apice 

 Iceviori ; pedibus obscure cyaneis. Long. 8 lin., lat. 5 lin. 



Thorax obscure a3neous, with the sides slightly coppery ; the anterior angles are 

 prominent, slightly directed outwards, and acute, as are also the posterior angles. 

 The elytra are Tery convex, narrowed at the apex, with a small impression below the 

 shoulder, and a larger one on the side about the middle ; the epipleural fold is 

 coarsely punctured, gradually naiTowed to the apex of the elytra. Prosternal pro- 

 cess somewhat sharp at its apex ; mesosternum deeply cmarginate, with its anterior 

 angles prominent and rather sharp. Metasternum bluish ; abdomen brassy. 



Sab. : Brisbane. 



MJERODES, gen. nov. 



Apical joint of the maxillary palpi securiform. Clypeus deeply 

 emarginate. Prosternum not deflexed posteriorly, the produced part 

 blunt at the apex. Mesosternum triangularly emarginate, the angles 

 of the emargination rounded off (but not sloping down, as in Lyges- 

 tira). Epipleural fold of the elytra broad at the base, gradually 

 narrowing to near the apex, where it suddenly disappears. 



This insect is particularly interesting as being intermediate, both 

 in form and characters, between Anausis and Lygestira. 



MiEBODEs Westwoodi, Mac Leay. 



Proplianes Westwoodi, Mac Leay, Trans. E. Soc. N. S. W., ii, 

 p. 287. 



Ohlo7iga, convexa, nitida ; capite crehre punctitlaio ; thoracc transverso, 

 antice angustato, crehre distincte punctulato, angulis anticis porrectis, acutis- 

 simis ; seutello lavi; elytris olivaceis, crehre punctatis (punctis parvis et 

 majorihus intennixtis) , ad apicem oblique angustatis, apicibus breviter acute 

 spinosis. Long. 12 lin., lat. G lin. 



Hah. : Queensland. 



Ltgestika lata, sp. n. 

 Oblonga, parum convexa, nigra; tlKH^ace transverso, subtiUtcr crcbrc 



