56 Rev. F. W. Hope's Descriptions, &;c. 



Genus Saragus, Erichson, Arcliiv. f. Naturg. 1842, p. 171. 



Saragus IcevicoUis, Fabricius (Silpha). 



(PI. VII. fig. 5.) 



Fig, 5rt, n:a.\illa ; 5 b, iiientum, labium, and labial palpi ; 5 c, antenna ; 

 5rf, extremity of tibia, and base of tarsus of fore leg. 



Genus Mitua. MacLeay. 

 Sp. unica. Mitua Bidwclli, MacLeay's MSS. (PI. VII. fig. 6.) 



Opatriformis, fuscus, antennis piceis. Caput depressum. Tho- 

 rax angulis anticis porrectis subacutis, disco parum excavato 

 et subpiloso. Elytra vix convexa, subdepressa, sutura elevata 

 lineisque quatuor tuberculosis in singulo conspicua. Corpus 

 infra concolor ; margine externo elytrorum abdomen ambi- 

 ente, internoque perforato seu valde varioloso. 



Long. lin. 5|, lat. lin. 2|. 



The above insect was sent to me under the name of Mitua 

 Bidwelli, by Mr. William Sharpe MacLeay, which name I have 

 retained ; and as it is the type of a distinct genus, the anatomical 

 details are given. 



Fig. Qa, labrum ; 6 b, mandible ; 6f, maxilla ; 6 d, menlum, labium, and 

 labial palpi; 6 e, antenna. 



