the Coleopterous Family EvoUjlidce. (23) 399 

 Thallis compta. 



Thallis compta, Eric. Arch. f. Nat. viii. 238. 



Tasmania, Adelaide, Sydney, Madagascar (]) 



A bdomen pubescent, sides sparingly and deeply punctate ; 

 coxal line very short and slight ; nietastermioi black, sides deeply, 

 disc lightly punctured, canaliculate, apex depressed, prosternum- 

 very coarsely punctate, process convex, rounded. 



Thallis viniila. 



Thallis vinula, Eric. Arch. f. Nat. viii. 238. 



Tasmania, Melbourne. 



Elytra with a scutellar stria ; abdomen sparingly, sides deeply, 

 punctate ; coxal line visible ; metasternum with the sides deeply 

 punctate ; prosternum deeply punctate, the intercoxal process 

 quadrate, truncate. 



Thallis ja-nthina. 



Thallis janthina, Eric. Arch. f. Nat. vili. 238. 



Tasmania, Sydney, Rockhampton. 



Eyes less coarsely granulated, above very sparingly clothed 

 with extremely fine hair-like setpe ; these exist also in T. compta, 

 but are scarcely pei'ceptible. 



Thallis nigrosenea, sp, n. 



Oblonga, nigi'O-fenea, alutacea, nitida, brevissime setulosa ; 

 capite thoraceque parce punctulatis, hoc lateribus marginatis, rectis, 

 basi utrinque sinuato ; elytris seriatim punctatis, interstitiis 

 punctulatis ; abdomine subtus pubescente, alutaceo, parce punc- 

 tulato ; linea coxali distincta ; metasterno parce punctulato, 

 canaliculato, antice truucata; prosterno Isevi, processu rotundato. 

 L. 21 lin. 



N. Caledonia. 



Eyes coarsely granulated ; antennae with the 3rd joint sub- 

 elongate. 



Thallis (?) bifasciata, sp. n.* 



Nigra, fortiter punctata, brevissime setulosa ; thorace qnadrato, 

 angulis anticis deflexis ; scutello parce punctulato ; elytris punc- 

 tato-striatis, interstitiis parce uniseriatim punctulatis, rufis, ma- 

 cula quadrata scutellari, fascia media, alteraque apiculi nigris 

 (apice ipso I'ufo). L. 2 lin. 



Rockhampton (Janson). 



Abdomen finely punctate, coxal line evident, metastenium 

 finely (sides coarsely) punctate, sulcate behind ; mesosternum de- 

 pressed ; prosternum with the process narrow, parallel, margined, 



