BY WILLIAM ]\[ACLEAY, JUN , ESQ. 87 



1. — Cheiragra pusilla. 

 Fliijllotocus pusillus. Blancli. (Cat. du Mus. de Paris, p. 97.) 

 " Ovata plana nigra, parcissime pilosa, capite parum producto 

 clypeo rotnndato, antennis testaceis clava obscura, protho- 

 race nigro opaco hand punctato vix piloso, elytris subsul- 

 catis ferrugineis limbo externo late nigro, pedibus nigris 

 anticis testaceis." Blancbard. 

 Loag. If lin., lat. | lin. 

 Hab. New South Wales. 



I have adopted Blancbard's description of this species ; though 

 as he placed it in the genus PJujllotocus, his description seems to 

 contain some of the truly generic distinctions. The female is 

 larger than the male, and has the black margin of the elj^ra 

 considerably more extended. 



2. — Cheiragra ruficollis. (n. sp.) 



Testacea subsericea, elytris punctato-striatis, metathorace pedi- 

 bus posticis pygidio et maris abdomine piceo-nigris. 

 Long. 2 lin., lat. 1 lin. 

 Hab. New South Wales. 

 The female of this species has the abdomen large, and some- 

 times a light patch on the disc of each elytron ; the male has for 

 the most part the segments of the abdomen dark. 



8. — Cheiragra pallida, (n. sp.) 



Flava subnitida, elytris punctato-striatis, in mare subsericeis 

 nigro-marginatis . 



Long. If lin., lat. f lin. 

 Hab. Parramatta. 



I am indebted to my friend the Rev. R. L. King, for the two 

 specimens of this insect which I possess ; the female is entirely 

 of a pale yellowish red, while the male has the elytra margined 

 with black, and the abdomen clouded. 



4. — Cheiragra lurida. (n. sp.) 

 Nigra sericea, capite punctato, clypei marginibus elevatis, 



