-"^viu PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



2nd march, 1863. 

 William MacLeat, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Cox exhibited a fine specimen of an Heteromerous insect 

 from Dabee, which he said bore a striking resemblance to the 

 Asida assimilis of North Africa ; he had no doubt that the species 

 exhibited was an Asida, and he believed this to be the first 

 instance of that genus being found in Australia ; the insect 

 described by the late Rev. F. W. Hope as Asida serraticollis 

 having nothing to do with that genus. 



The President exhibited three new species of the Anoplogna- 

 thidce from Port Denison, North Australia, and read the following 

 descriptions of the same. 



"AlSrOPLOGNATHUS LINEATUS. 



" Yiridi-aeneus, capite punctulato, thoracis lateribus subtilis- 

 sime puuctatis, elytris testaceis striatis striis irregulariter 

 ustulatis interstitiis seriatim et biseriatim punctatis hu- 

 meris subrugosis, corpore subtus eeneo-viridi griseo- 

 piloso, pygidio vu'idi, pedibus rufis tibiis posticis tarsis- 

 que violaceis. 



"Long. 12 liu., lat. 6^ lin. 



" The head and thorax of this fine species are of an intense 

 brassy brilliancy, with very minute punctures ; the base of the 

 thorax has a nari'ow margiu of a darker hue ; the scutellum is 

 completely encircled by a margin of the same dark hue, which 

 extends along the suture of the elytra. The elytra are paler 

 and less brassy than the thorax, and are marked with striae of an 

 unintenapted brown appearance in some places, while in others 

 there are merely points of that colour ; between the striae are 

 alternate single and double rows of pu.nctures ; towards the 

 shoulders, the striae and punctures lose their regularity, and 

 present a rugose appearance. The under surface is of a dark 

 brassy green, rather closely covered, particularly towards the 

 sides, with greyish pile. The pygidium is of a dark green, 



