Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 359 
long setaceous hairs interspersed; head with a loose greyish pile in 
front, ochraceous on the vertex; prothorax nearly as broad as the 
elytra, with a white band just behind the apex ; scutellum transverse, 
black: elytra finely and remotely punctured ; three or four granules at 
the base, patch behind the scutellum, another behind the shoulder, and 
a band, interrupted at the suture, behind the middle, white: body 
beneath and legs with a loose greyish pile ; antenne black, with stiff, 
scattered, black hairs. Length 43 lines. 
It is with a certain hesitation that I propose this as a species dis- 
tinct from P. picta ; it differs chiefly in the finer punctation of the 
elytra, in the absence of the black spots and patches, and in the 
broad, not flexuous, posterior band. The ochraceous colour is duller 
and more inclining to brown. I have received a single specimen 
from Mr. Odewahn. 
DEpSAGEs. 
Characteres ut in Penthea, sed capite prothorace angustiore, hoc basi apice 
multo latiore, tuberibus antenniferis basi approximatis, et elytris gra- 
nuliferis, haud carinatis. 
The type of this genus is Lamia granulosa of Guérin, a species 
differing altogether in habit from Penthea vermicularis (with which it 
has been associated) and remarkable for the black glossy granules of 
the elytra. There still remains in Penthea a number of small species 
with narrower heads, scarcely any carinze on the elytra, and certain 
peculiarities of coloration, such as P. scenica, P. picta, &c., but show- 
ing a passage of some sort through P. pullina, P. pardalis, and P. 
intricata to the type, which, to a certain extent, disturb the homo- 
geneity of the genus. However, with a good series of species and 
specimens before me, I do not see any advantage in further dividing 
it. The only representative of this new genus is 
Depsages granulosa. 
Lamia granulosa, Guérin, Voy. de la Coq. ii. p. 183, pl. 7. fig. 8. 
° SyssPILorus. 
Caput antice transversum, tuberibus antenniferis validis, remotis. Oculi late 
emarginati. Antenne longitudine corporis; scapo subpyriformi, quam 
articulus tertius breviore ; articulo quarto curvato, tertio longiore ; 
exteris brevioribus et gradatim decrescentibus. Prothorax irregularis, 
antice postice equalis. /ytra oblonga, parallela, irregularia, basi 
cristata. Pedes mediocres; tibie rectse. Pro- et meso-sterna clavata, 
hoe antice dentatum. 
Distinguished from all the genera of Australian Niphonine, in- 
cluding Platymopsis, Symphyletes, Penthea, &c., by its toothed meso- 
YOu, 11. 2D 
