48 LIST or CLERID^. 



APPENDIX. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



Cylidrus nigrinus, n. s. 

 Epistome somewhat 3-lobed, the middle lobe with three equal 

 crenations. Antemias with the five basal joints of a clear amber- 

 yellow ; the other joints black. Head, thorax, elytra, and 

 greater portion of under parts, of a deep black ; at least three of 

 the terminal joints of abdomen, both above and below, of a 

 reddish yellow. First pair of legs black, second and third pairs 

 pale yellow, the base of the tibia in the latter alone being 

 brownish. Head and thorax punctured, and furnished with 



short hairs ; elytra smooth. 



mgth 3 1 lines. 



Hah. Van Diemen's Land. 



TiLLUS HILARIS Westw. D. S. 



Head rufous, punctured. Antennae and palpi fulvous ; prothorax 

 chestnut-red, in front blackish, shining, irregularly piinctured ; 

 elytra at the base, for a third part, of a testaceous rufous, the 

 remainder black with a white band in the middle. Elytra punc- 

 tato-striate the punctures extending through the white band ; 

 the tip of elytra smooth. Body beneath and legs rufous, abdo- 

 men black. 



Length 2 lines. 



Hah. Van Diemen's Land. 



Tlllus nciPENNis Westw.., 



Small, narrow, and of a pitchy brown colour. Head and prothorax 

 punctured, the latter with various smooth spaces. Antennae of 

 a pitchy chestnut-brown, the three last joints black; elytra pitchy 

 brown, punctate -striate ; a wide white band behind the middle ; 

 the tips, for a considerable space, smooth. Legs pitchy brown. 



Length \\ line. 

 Hah. East Indies. 



