Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-hnown Coleoptera. 319 



middle, flat on each side. Eyes not prominent. Scutum very convex 

 in front, straight behind ; scutellum small. Abdomen lanceolate, ex- 

 tending a little beyond the wings. Legs rather slender ; tibire spinose- 

 Fore wings opake, elongate, rather narrow, conical at the tips ; costa 

 veiy slightly convex. 



This genus is aUied to Ledra. 



RHOTiDtrs CXJNEATUS (PI. XV. f. G). Foon. Fulvus, subpunctatus, subtus 

 testaceus ; capitis margo anticus nigro lineatus ; pedes pallide testacei ; 

 (dee posticfe cinereo-hyalinse. 



Female. Tawny, minutely punctured, testaceous beneath. Head 

 with a black line across the fore border. Legs pale testaceous. Hind 

 wings cinereous hyaline. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



Moreton Bay. 



Genus Gypona, Germar. 



Gypona nigra. Foem. Nigra, subpunctata, subtus ex parte sordide 

 testacea ; caput thorace pauUo latius, vertice arcuato brevissimo, fronte 

 facieque planis ; femora basi sordide testacea ; alfe anticse costam versus 

 testaceo punctatae. 



Female. Black, minutely punctured, partly dingy testaceous beneath. 

 Head a little broader than the thorax ; vertex arched, extremely short, 

 not longer in the middle than on each side ; front and face flat. Mouth 

 pale testaceous, extending to the middle coxae. Femora dingy tes- 

 taceous towards the base. Fore wings with minute testaceous points, 

 which are mostly along the costa. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 

 Moreton Bay. 



XXVI. — Notices of new or llttle-hnown Genera and Species of 

 Coleoptera. By Feancis P. Pascoe, F.L.S., &c. 



[Continued from p. 132.] 



Pakt III. 



Melambia [Trogositidse]. 

 Erichson, in Germar, Zeitsch. v. p. 451. 



Melamhia maura. 

 M. elongata, atra; prothorace vix transverso, lateribus basin versus 



rotundatis. 

 Hah. South Africa (N'Gami). 



Elongate, black ; head dull black, closely covered with oblong punc- 

 tures ha\ ing the appearance of a small gi-anule in the centre of each, 

 mandibles also covered with oblong punctures except at the bifid 

 VOL. I, 2 a 



