488 ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, 



the eyes, at the insertion of the antennae, is a very obvious ele- 

 vation : the eyes are large, and nearly unite on the crown of the 

 head : the prothorax is very glabrous, and sparingly punctured 

 throughout : the elytra are deeply and regularly striated, and the 

 striae are regularly punctured ; there is an abbreviated stria on 

 each side of the suture, at the base of the elytra : the legs are 

 long ; the middle and hind tibiae are slightly curved. 



Inhabits New Holland. Taken at Woodside, near Sydney, 

 by Mr. I meson. It is impossible to say that this and the follow- 

 ing species are not named in M. Boisduval's Oceania ; but the 

 slovenly characters there given would, in nine cases out of ten, 

 serve for any Coleopterous insect with which I am acquainted, 

 and cannot be called descriptions. 



Sp. 2. Tany. dubius. Niger, nitidus : el if tr a prof unde striata, 

 striis regulariter punctatis, interstitiis convexis, elevatis: pedes 

 elongati, rufi. (Corp. long. '6 unc. ; lat. '2 unc.) 



Black, shining : the anterior margin of the labrum is pale and mem- 

 branous ; the anterior margin of the clypeus has not this charac- 

 ter : the prothorax is rather more robust than in T. striatus, it is 

 also less glabrous and somewhat more coarsely punctured : the 

 elytra are deeply and regularly punctate-striate, but are less gla- 

 brous than in T. striatus : the legs are red, less elongate, and the 

 tibiae are not curved. 



Inhabits New Holland. Taken at Woodside, near Sydney, 

 by Mr. Imeson. 



**Species aherrantes. 



Sp. 3. Tany. Cistelides. Niger, pilosus, ehjtris ahdomineque 

 sordide ferrugineis ; elytra rugose striato-punctata, interstitiis 

 vix elevatis punctis minoribus seriatim impressis ; pedes medi- 

 ocres, fusci, femorihus basi tibiisque totis sordide ferrugineis. 

 (Corp. long. "525 unc. ; lat. 2 unc.) 



Probably generically distinct from the foregoing, and certainly 

 closely allied to Cistela ; the labrum is less prominent, and slightly 

 emarginate ; the terminal joint of the maxipalpi is less acute. 

 Black, pilose ; the elytra and abdomen being dusky ferruginous ; 

 the prothorax is rugously punctate, shorter, broader, and less 

 attenuated anteriorlj' than in the normal species, (see the figure,) 

 il also partially receives the head : the elytra are rugosely striato- 

 punctate, with interstices scarcely elevated, hairy, and impressed 



