collected in Australia and Tasmania. 397 
long as, and considerably wider than, the prothorax, a little 
narrowed in front, closely and very coarsely punctured, the 
punctures variolose, here and there transversely confluent, and 
arranged in irregular, closely packed, longitudinal series ; beneath 
pitchy-brown, very coarsely punctured, the ventral segments more 
finely punctured in the middle. Length 6—6}4, breadth 2} mm. 
Hab. Tasmania—Launceston and Hobart. 
Specimens of this insect are also contained in Mr. F. 
Bates’s Collection, where they are labelled with the name 
here adopted. Much smaller, shorter, and less parallel 
than 7. columbina or T. alcyonea, Hr., the upper and 
under surfaces glabrous. Found in rotten wood, old 
posts, etc. (Walker). 
Metytrra. 
Melytra, Pascoe, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), iii., 
p- 34 (1869). 
Melytra ovata. 
Melytra ovata, Pascoe, loc. cit., t. 10, figs. 1, la, b. 
Hab. 'Tasmania— Hobart. 
Hymma. 
Hymea, Pascoe, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), i1., 
p. 39 (1869). 
Hymexa succinifera. 
Hymea succinifera, Pascoe, loc. cit., p. 36, t. 10, figs. 
3, da, b. 
Hab. Tasmania—Launceston and Hobart. 
Under bark of <Atherosperma moschatum and Lu- 
calyptus coccifera, at elevations above 2,500 feet 
(Walker). 
KcrYcHeE. 
Ectyche, Pascoe, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), iv., 
p. 143 (1869). 
Eetyche cerulea,n. sp. (Plate VIII, fig. 15, d.) 
Ceeruleous or violaceous ; the head and thorax dull, the elytra 
shining and of a brighter metallic colour; the upper surface clothed 
