DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 55 



Thanasimus subsimllis, n. s. 



Head, thorax, and legs of a reddish yellow. Elytra pale yellow, with 

 two broad, transverse, blackish brown bands ; a slight blackish 

 brown line on the edge of the base of the elytra ; the posterior 

 band wider than the anterior. Elytra covered with minute 

 punctures ; a few slightly raised longitudinal keels down each 

 elytron ; tips of elytra at suture brownish black. 



Length 4^ lines. 



Thaneroclerus accinctus Newm. 

 Var. Clerus viduus Westw. 



Antennse pitch- coloured. Thorax black. Legs black ; femora 



chestnut at the base. 

 Length 3i lines. 



Hah. Van Diemen's Land. 



Var. Clenis medianus Westw. 



Somewhat narrow, black, scarcely shining, closely covered with 

 very delicate punctures. Antennae slightly clavate, short, chest- 

 nut, as is the mouth. Labial palpi brown. Prothorax of a blood- 

 red colour. Elytra with a straight white band across the middle, 

 and a small triangular common white spot at the tip. Legs tes- 

 taceous, with white setae. Metasternum black. Posterior coxae 

 testaceous. Posterior margin of segments of abdomen testa 

 ceous. 



Length 3i lines. 



Hab. Van Diemen's Land. 



NoToxus coNGRiJus Newm. 



Var, Opilus femoralis Westw. 



Of a pitch-brown. Elytra with striated punctures ; a wide trans- 

 verse yellow band a little behind the middle ; tips yellow. An- 

 tennae and legs chestnut ; the basal half of the femora pale 

 yellow ; antennae of the male more elongated. Female twice as 

 large as male ; antennae short, and legs duller in colour. 



Length from 4 to 6 lines. 



Hab. Australia, King George's Sound. 



