90 



tus testaceo nigroque varium. (Corp. long, '1 unc. alar, lat r4 

 unc.) 



Inhabits New Holland. A single specimen of this beautiful insect 

 now in the cabinet of the Entomological Club, was taken taken by Mr. 

 Davis, near Adelaide. 



Genus. — Eurys, Newman. 



Antennae capite vix longiores, 9-articulatae ; articuli 1 et 2 breves in- 

 crassati, 3 gracilior, longior, caeteri pedetentim breviores crassiores : 

 corpus brevis latus obesus : proalarum radi-areola 1, cubit-areolse 4, 

 quarum 2us et 3tius nervuram recuiTentem emittent. 



Eurys ceratus. Caput nigro-aeneum, labro albo, oculis anten- 

 nisque nigris ; ocelli 3, quoque nigri ; pro- meso- et metathorax 

 nigro-aenea : abdomen nigro-aeneum sed manifesto obscurius : 

 alae hyalinae, nullo modo nebulosae : coxae et femora nigro-aenea 

 obscura, genubus, tibiis tarsisque flavido-testaceis. (Corp. long. 

 "2 unc. alar, dilat, '45 unc.) 



Inhabits New Holland, Two specimens of this pretty insect, taken 

 at Adelaide by Mr. Davis, are in the cabinet of the Entomological 

 Club. 



Edwaed Newman.] 



Art. XIII. — Entomological Notes. By Edward Newman. 



(Continued from p. 80). 



Through the kindness of Mr, Miers I am enabled to make the fol- 

 lowing interesting additions to the Necydalidae and Phoracanthida3, 



Family, — Nec y dalid^e . 



Mr. Miers informs me that the species of this family are mostly 

 taken on the leaves of trees, a'^ d he does not recollect ever having seen 

 them on flowers, which are t. - favourite resort of the more northern 

 but apparently cognate genera, Heliomanes and Necydalis. 



Genus. — Charts, Newman. 



Charis Mneme. Nigra ; antennis fuscis : oculi magni, nigri, in fa- 

 ciem fere conniventes : prothorax rotundatus, aspere punctus, 



