88 ON THE GLAPHYRID.E OF NEW HOLLAND, 



thorace subtiliter punctato, elytris striatis discis late luridis, 

 pedibus anterioribus testaceis, abdomine incano-birto pygidio 

 magno. 

 Long. 2i lin., lat. 1 lin. 

 Hab. Currajong. 

 This insecb presents many peculiarities of form ; in the shape 

 of the head and clypeus, and the depth of the last segment of the 

 abdomen, it differs from all the other species of this genus I 

 know. The male and female differ very little. I have not 

 dissected the species. 



5. — Cheieagra aphodioidls. (n. sp.) 

 Picea, capite punctato, thorace postice testaceo, elytris striatis 



in femina testaceis, pedibus testaceis. 

 Long. 1| lin., lat. f lin. 

 Hab. New South Wales, near Sydney. 

 The male of this species has the elytra black or pitchy, instead 

 of red, as in the female, and the dilatation of the fore tibias is 

 slight in comparison to that in other species. I have named the 

 insect, from the resemblance in the form of the male to an 

 A2)hodms. 



6. — Cheiragka atra. (n. sp.) 

 Nigra subnitida, clypeo punctato, elytris punctato-striatis, 



pedibus picels. 

 Long. 1| lin., lat. f lin. 

 Hab. Illawarra. 

 I have only one specimen of this insect — a male : the female 

 will probably have the elytra testaceous, in whole or in part. 



7. — Cheiragra pygm^a. (n. sp.) 

 Nigra subnitida, elytris subporcatis testaceis nigro-marginatis, 



pedibus piceis. 

 Long. 1^ lin., lat. f lin. 

 Hab. New South Wales. 

 I cannot give the exact habitat of this species ; it is the 

 smallest of the genus. My specimens which seem to be -all males, 

 most resemble the male of G. piisilla, but they have neither the 

 size nor silkincss of that species. 



