224 ON NKW OR LITTLE KNOWN 



UndenieaUi rufous with the abdomen blackish; legs blown with the 

 base of the femora , the apex of the tibiae and the tarsi pale rufous. 



Head thick, regularly rounded posteriorly , rather strongly hollowed 

 beween the antennae , with a well marked median line ; antennae 

 long, by far overreaching the tip of the elytra, scape slender, 

 regularly but not very much thickened towards the end. Prothorax 

 hardly longer than the head and much narrower in front ; mode- 

 rately convex on the disk , with a small shallow impression in 

 front; the sides swelling out about the middle into a strong blunf 

 knob, rather deeply emarginate before the front margin. Scutellum 

 elongate, rounded at the tip. Elytra twice as broad as the thorax 

 at the base, almost parallel at the sides , conjointly broadly rounded 

 at the tip. Legs very long and slender , hinder shins slightly curved , 

 thighs not quite as strong as in the preceding species. The whole 

 insect is very finely and thickly punctured and pubescent, when 

 seen under a strong lens. 



Length 8 1 nim. — Habitat: Queensland. 



Z. graclliiies is more like the formerly described species, though 

 very distinct by its coloration and long legs. 



Zoëdia tenuis v. d. Poll, n. sp. 

 (PL 13, fig. 6). 



Head and thorax rufous; antennae testaceous with the scape 

 rufous; elytra pale rufous with a slight bronze hue, tempered by 

 a delicate silvery pubescence, which, according to the light , effects 

 some movable indistinct transverse bands below the middle; more- 

 over there is on each wingcase a broad highly polished and shining 

 stripe, extending from some distance below the base to the middle. 

 Underneath and legs rufous , the shins near the tip and the tarsi 

 testaceous. 



Head rather small , the vertex longer than usual and consequently 

 not so abruptly rounded but gradually narrowed behind; between 

 the antennae rather deeply hollowed, with an impressed median 

 line. Antennae of about the length of the body , the scape regularly 

 thickened towards the tip. Prothorax slightly longer and only a 



