44 Mr. F. P. Puscoe on some new or litilc-ktioivn 



in drying appearing acuminate at the apex), very minutely punctured 

 with small granular points principally on the basal half, and sparingly 

 covered with short stiffish hairs (invisible except imder the lens) ; 

 .antennfe about half the length of the body, the fom' basal joints yellow, 

 the remainder dark brown ; legs slender, coxse and femora testaceous- 

 yellow, tibiae and tarsi brown ; body beneath black, breast and sides of 

 the abdomen pale yellow. Length 6 lines. 



Dascyllus [Dascyllidse]. 

 Latreille, Precis de Carac. gen. des Ins. p. 43. 



Dascyllus congruus. 



D. elliptico-ovatus, fusco-piceus, griseo-pilosus ; antennarum articidis 

 subcvlindraceis. 



Hnh. North China. 



Ovate-elliptical, pitchy-brown, everywhere covered with short, coarso 

 greyish hairs ; scutellum broadly cordate ; joints of the antennae nearly 

 cylindrical (particularly the last seven). Length 6 lines. 



Closely allied to the European D. cervmus, but larger and more 

 robust, the thorax a little longer, the scutellum less transverse, and 

 the joints of the antennae more cylindrical, or rather less contracted 

 at the base. 



Ci'LiDRFs [Cleridse]. 

 Latreille, Fam. Nat. p. 354. 



Cylidnis centralis. 



C. piceus ; plaga magna fulva commuui medio elji;rorum ; pedibus qua- 

 tuor posticis testaceo variis. 



Hah. Moreton Bay. 



Pitchy-brown, very glossy ; head and prothorax finely punctured ; 

 elytra minutely punctm-ed in rows, a large, nearly median fulvous-yellow 

 patch conunon to both ; palpi and four or five basal joints of the antennae 

 fulvous ; middle and posterior legs, especially the latter, testaceous, 

 slightly varied with brown. Length 3 lines. 



C. nigrinus, from Tasmania, is, I believe, the only species of this 

 widely diffused genus hitherto described from the Australian pro- 

 vince. 



Cylidrus alcyoneus. 



C. cyaneus ; capita chalybeo-atro ; femoribus testaceis ; antennis nigris, 



basi palpisque fidvis. 

 JIab. New Guinea (Dorey). 



Rather narrower than C. ryn/ieus, Fab., and very glossy ; head bluish- 



