302 Mr. A. G. Butler's descriptions, Sfc. 



the lateral laminae, and forming an angle behind with an 

 impressed transverse band lohich bounds the anterior edge 

 of the superior surface of the segment; remaining seg- 

 ments with their lateral wings less oblique than usual ; 

 terminal segment rather short, oblique, with no marginal 

 rim. 



Length 1\ lines ; width 3^ lines. 



Torres Straits (Kev. J. S. Macfarlane). 



The very uiuisual peculiarities in the structure of the 

 head, nuchal plate and first dorsal segment will readily 

 distinguish this species fron^ all others hitherto made 

 known to science. 



Zephronia atrisparsa-, n. sp. 



Pale olivaceous, mottled with dark green and sprinkled 

 all over with small round black spots ; posterior margins 

 of the segments reddish; legs, antennaj, eyes and head 

 dark green. 



Head rugose in front, smooth, shining and sparsely 

 punctured towards the back, its posterior margin slightly 

 concave but not distinctly sinuated ; nuchal plate smooth, 

 very broad, sparsely punctured, and with an irregular 

 series of coarse punctures along its anterior margin ; first 

 dorsal segment unusually depressed, with a strongly- 

 defined transverse impressed line, the marginal ridge of 

 lateral laminae feebly developed ; all the dorsal segments 

 coarsely but sparsely punctured, excepting along their 

 posterior borders ; lateral wings with very oblique anterior 

 margins ; terminal segment short, rounded, rugulose, 

 with scarcely a trace of a marginal rim. 



Length 1 inch, 2 lines ; Avidth 5 lines. 



Bombay (Dr. Leith). 



Readily separable from Z. nigrinota by its much 

 shorter and broader nuchal plate: it is also much more 

 heavily spotted with black. 



