472 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known 
Cholipus brevicornis. 
C. niger, nitidus; elytris purpurascentibus, leviter striato-punctatis, punc- 
tis subtilissimis interstitiis sitis. 
Hab. Sava. 
Glossy black ; head and prothorax finely punctured, the latter with 
a median impressed line; scutellum triangular; elytra dark purplish, 
finely striato-punctate, the interstices with extremely minute punctures ; 
body beneath and legs glossy black ; antennze with the last six joints 
but one dilated on one side. Length 6 lines. 
Cholipus punctipennis. 
C. niger, subnitidus; elytris seriatim punctato-impressis, punctis medi- 
ocribus, interstitiis impunctatis. 
Hab. Queensland. 
Black, slightly shining; head and prothorax minutely punctured; 
the latter with the median impressed line confined to the posterior part, 
and ending in a shallow fovea near the base; scutellum triangular ; 
elytra seriate-punctate, the punctures impressed, moderately large, the 
intervals impunctate; body beneath, legs, and antenns glossy black. 
Length 6 lines. 
Hemicyclus* punctulatus. 
H. breviter elliptico-ovatus, purpureo- vel chalybeato metallicus ; elytris 
subtiliter punctatis. 
Hab, South Australia. 
Shortly ovate-elliptical, steel-blue, varying to purple ; head sparsely 
punctured, a broad longitudinal impression between the eyes ; antennee 
chalybeate blue, the basal joint copper; prothorax nearly impunctate, 
except at the rim; scutellum triangular; elytra finely punctured, the 
punctures numerous but not crowded; body beneath and legs dark 
greenish black, shining. Length 63 lines. 
Very decisively distinguished from H. grandis and metallicus of 
Westwood by its oblong although still somewhat hemispherical form 
and punctured elytra. 
Platyphanest cyaneus. 
H., ovatus, cyaneus, nitidus; capite prothoraceque nigris; antennis pedi- 
busque subferrugineis. ; 
Hab. North Australia. 
Ovate, very convex, deep indigo-blue, shining; head and prothorax 
black, minutely punctured; clypeus not distinct from the head, slightly 
emarginate ; antennze scarcely longer than the breadth of the head, 
ferruginous, the 7th-10th joints transverse, the last as long as broad ; 
prothorax much narrower than the elytra, broadly lobed at the base ; 
elytra gradually broader to about the middle, then rounding to the apex, 
* Westwood, Arc. Ent. i. p. 44. t+ Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soe. v. p. 206. 
