304 Records or the S.A. Museum 



rod, on others the front fin<^-h^s iwr distinctly reddish, on one specimen th(! red 

 extends across the whole apex (and its elytral spots are deeply infnscated instead 

 of black) ; the elytral spots are median and are nsnally ronnd, each occnpies abont 

 two-thirds of the space between the sutm-e and side; bnt, on the only specimen 

 from Mittagong-, the spots are dilated so as to form a fascia occnpying rather more 

 than the median third (except that the sntnre is obsenrely dilnted with red). 

 Oij some specimens the base of the prothorax has a small vag:ue depression on each 

 side, bnt on most of them the base is qnite flat. The elytral pnnctnres are small 

 and rather distant in the rows, withont the least evidence of striation (except 

 close to the sntnre posteriorly) ; from most directions they appear to be sparsely 

 scattered at random. 



GEOENDOMYCHUS gen. nov. 



Head rather wide, elypeal sutnres distinct. Eyes small, lateral, prominent, 

 coarsely faceted. Antennae Avith nine joints, three forming- a clnb. Apical joint 

 of maxillary palpi rather large and snbconical ; of labial palpi rather large and 

 dilated to apex, bnt scarcely secnriform. Prothorax widely transverse, with a 

 rather deep cnrved impression towards each side. Scntellnm small. Elytra 

 short, sides strongly ronndod and sulx-ontinuons with those of ]irothorax : epi- 

 plein-ae wide, almost flat, and continnons to apex. Prosternnm with a rather 

 wide, flat, bistriated iutercoxal process, its posterior end trnncated. Metasternum 

 moderately long:, episterna narrow. Abdomen apparently composed of six seg- 

 ments, bnt the apical one small and extrnsible. Legs not very long, front coxae 

 subglobnlar, their cavities widely open posteriorly, middle and hind coxae widely 

 separated; femora nnarmed ; tibiae rather thin: tarsi thin, apparently three- 

 jointed ; claws simple. 



At first glance G. piihescens looks like a short Scyninus or Rhizohius of the 

 Coccinellidae, and nnder a high poAver T cannot make out the tarsi to be anything: 

 bnt three-jointed ; bnt the nine-jointed antennae, nonsecnriform palpi, and sculp- 

 ture of prothorax exclude it from that family. The Avingrs are long, thin and 

 hardly more than filaments, not fringed fas in the Corylophidae). and certainly 

 useless for flight. The mandibles ai'c bifid. Type of genus: G. puhfiscena. 



GEOENDOMYCHUS PUBESCENS sp. nov. 



C'astaneons, elytral epipleiu-ae. legs, antennae and palpi somewhat paler. 

 Moderately clothed with short, pale, subdepressed pubescence. 



Head feebly convex. Avith sparse punctures. Antennae moderately long, 

 first joint stout, its base ]iai'tly concealed, second and third elongate, second 

 stouter than third, fourth short, fifth and sixth still shorter, seventh subglobose, 

 about tAviee as long- and twice as Avide as sixth, eighth scarcely longer but more 



