250 Mr. F. P. Pascoe's Descriptions of New Genera 



all the tarsi white ; mandibles and legs black ; under surface 

 greyish. 



Length 5 lines. 



Symphyletes maculicornis. 



S. atra, pube densissimd grisea fulvo-varia ; unguibus atris 

 nitentibus ; antennis albo-maculatis. Flumen Cygnorum. 



Densely covered with short appressed hair, except the claws 

 and mandibles, which are glossy black ; general colour light grey- 

 ish brown, with three or four fulvous yellow bands on the pro- 

 thorax, and numerous irregular spots in transverse rows on the 

 elytra, which have also two or three large whitish patches along 

 the suture ; under surface light grey, the margins of the abdominal 

 segments yellow ; eyes brown. 



Length 11 lines. 



Symphyletes lateralis. 



S. atra, dense brunneo-pubescens, supra cano-varia ; elytris 

 lateribus argenteo-sericeis ; antennis nigris albo-pilosis. 

 Flumen Cygnorum. 



Covered with a short dense pubescence ; upper surface, palpi, 

 and sides of the breast and abdomen beneath, light brown ; face, 

 patch behind the eye and one on the side of the prothorax, scu- 

 tellum, a large blotch below it, and three or four spots near the 

 apex, pale greyish ; sides of the elytra rich silvery white ; under 

 part of the femora and sides of the tibiae more or less whitish ; 

 middle of the mesosternum and abdomen silky white ; antennae 

 whitish, with long hairs beneath. 



Length 8 lines. 



In both these species of Symphyletes the elytra have several 

 small black shining tubercles, particularly on their basal half. 



EcTHCEA. 



Body oblong, sub-cylindrical ; head broad but very short, con- 

 cave in front ( $ horned) ; eyes small, deeply emarginate ; an- 

 tennae distant, arising from a short peduncle, and scarcely longer 

 than the body, the first joint moderate, the third longest, the re- 

 mainder gradually diminishing ; thorax rough ; elytra widest at 

 the base, decreasing slightly towards the apex, which is somewhat 

 dilated; legs stout, sliort, the anterior longest; the tarsi short, 

 with the last joint large. 



