54 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-haoivn 



many among the Heteromera ; in its habit it resembles Scraptia ; but 

 as the more important characters are those of Melandryidse, and that 

 family is also one which contains several anomalous forms, it seems 

 less objectionable to place it in that group than in any other. 



Biophicla unicolor. (PI. III. fig. 4.) 



B. fulvo-testacea, pube pallidiori vestita ; prothorace bifoveolato ; oculis 

 fere concoloribus. 



Hah. Natal. 



Entirely of a light-brownish testaceous colour, rather closely covered 

 with short stiffish paler hairs ; a large fovea on each side of the pro- 

 thorax near the posterior angle ; scuteUum transverse, rounded behind ; 

 eyes a little darker. Length 4 lines. 



IscHALiA [Pedilidsa?]. 



Head small, contracted behind, and narrowed anteriorly below the eyes. 

 Antennae shorter than the body, linear, 11-jointed; second joint smallest, 

 the rest subequal. Eyes reniform. Epistome and labruni large, covering 

 the mandibles. Maxillary palpi robust, the lastjointsecurifomi; labial 

 much shorter, terminating in a broad triangular joint. Maxillte short, 

 obtuse. Prothorax narrowed anteriorly, irregular above, its posterior 

 angles produced, the epipleuroe confounded with the prouotum. Elytra 

 broader than the prothorax, subparallel, bent at the side, and concave 

 on the disc, the epipleural plait narrow. Legs moderate, anterior 

 acetabula open behind ; all the coxfe approximate, the anterior and 

 intermediate conical ; tibise imarmed ; tarsi short, lirst joint longer 

 than the rest together, the penultimate bilobed ; claws simple. 



I refer this genus doubtfully to PediHdae, notwithstanding that it 

 agrees in two characters which M. Lacordaire considers of high im- 

 portance, viz. the anterior acetabula largely open behind, and the 

 complete contiguity of the posterior coxse. The family, however, as 

 it stands at present, is not a satisfactory one, and its learned pro- 

 poser will probably see reasons for modifying it eventually. 



Ischalia indigacea. (PI. III. fig. 6.) 



J. cyaneo-violacea; an tennis pedibusque nigris, illis articulis tribus ultimis 



albis. 

 Hab. Borneo. 



Deep violet-blue ; head and prothorax very minutely puuctm-ed 



(scarcely visible xmder a strong lens), the latter more or less irregidar ; 



scuteUimi small, triangiUar ; elytra coarsely punctm'ed, rich violet-blue ; 



antennfe black, with the last three j oints white ; legs black ; body beneath 



black, w-ith a slight bluish tinge on the breast. Length 3-4 lines. 



The irregularity of the surface of the prothorax varies ; in extreme 



