Genera and Species of Colcoptera. 3G3 



Mesolita transversa. (PI. XVII. f. 7.) 



M. pubescens, fiiligiuosa, scutello elytrisque basi cinereis, his fascia trans- 

 A'ersa lunata apicem versus filba. 



Jfab. Queensland. 



Pubescent, smoky brown ; head nearly quadrate in front ; prothorax 

 broadly ovate, its posterior margin naiTowest ; scutellum rather large, 

 triangidar, cinereous ; elj-tra contracted at the base, gradually swelling 

 out above and at the sides, attaining its greatest size at rtither wthin 

 two-thirds their length, the basal portion dull cinereous, separated from 

 the rest by a sharply angled or zigzag line, a crescent-shaped white 

 band on the posterior third, the apex simply acuminate ; legs rather 

 robust ; femora slender at the base ; the tibi« slightly ciliated internally, 

 the intermediate and posterior tibite also ciliated externally at the apex ; 

 body beneath pitchy, with a grejdsh pubescence ; antennre with the 

 fom-th to the seventh joints inclusive cinereous at the base. Length 

 2^ lines. 



Mesolita Jineolata. 



M. pubescens, fusca, auro lineolata ; elytris basi granulatis ; antennis 

 ferrugineis. 



Hab. Queensland. 



Dark brown, pubescent ; head in fi'ont somewhat transverse, epistome 

 and lip rusty brown, eye bordered with pale-yeUo'wish hairs ; prothorax 

 veiy slightly conti-acted at the base and anteriorly, its disk with fom- 

 yellow linear spots (placed ; ;), and another on each side ; scutellum 

 triangiUar, dull yellow ; elytra contracted at the base, the largest portion 

 at about t^\-o-thirds the length, with several fine, golden-j-eUow, inter- 

 rupted lines, the apex spined ; legs rather robust, femora less clavate, 

 but the tibife ciliated as in the last ; body beneath pitchy ; antennae 

 and palpi ferruginous. Length 5 lines. 



Calliditjm [Cerambycidae]. 

 Fabricius, Syst. Entom. p. 187 (1775). 



Callidium inscriptum. 



C. testaceum nigro pictimi, parce pilosimi; prothorace breviter ovato, 

 postice constricto ; eljiris dense punctatis, nigi'o fasciatis ; femoribus 

 clavatis, ferrugineis, basi pallidis. 



Hah. Queensland. 



Testaceous, varied with black, with long, scattered, veiy pale hairs ; 

 head short, slightly ferruginous, a darker patch on the vertex; eyes 

 large, black ; palpi ferruginous ; tips of the mandibles black ; antennas 

 longer than the body, the two basal joints entirely, the remainder at 

 the apex, fen-uginous ; prothorax shortly ovate, contracted behind, very 

 minutely punctured, a short black dash on each side at the base ; sou- 



