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



Zygocera MacLeayi. 



Z. elongatus, piceus ; prothorace gibboso, tuberculis duabus 

 hifidis medio instructis ; elytiis albo-maculatis, basi tubercu- 

 latis, rude punctatis, apice obliquo-angidatis ; tarsis albidis. 



Australia (Sydney). 



Elongate, pitchy black ; head with a white line round the eye ; 

 prothorax narrow, the disc with two elevated bifid tubercles, 

 between which are two longitudinal white lines, the sides with a 

 stout slightly projecting spine ; elytra deeply and coarsely punc- 

 tured, prominent at the shoulders, gradually decreasing to the 

 apex, which is obliquely truncate, forming a sharp angle, but not 

 spined, the base of each near the scutellum with a very elevated 

 tubercle, and the whole surface with several small spots formed 

 of white hairs scattered over it, but particularly below the 

 tubercles and along the suture; antennae with the upper joints 

 annulated with white ; legs with a greyish pile, which is nearly 

 white on the tarsi, post-tibiae darker at the end ; mesosternum 

 slightly produced anteriorly. 



Length 1 1 lines. 



Dedicated to W. S. MacLeay, Esq., of Sydney, author of 

 " Horse Entomologicae," " Annulosa Javanica," &c. 



Zygocera pentheoides. 

 Z. lata, picea, albo-irrorata ; prothorace medio bituberculato 

 lateribus fortiter productis ; elytris basi sub-gibbosis, cris- 

 tatis, humeris prominulis, rude punctatis, apice rotundatis ; 

 tarsis articulis primis duobus albis. 

 Australia (Swan River). 



Broad and rather depressed, covered with small spots formed of 

 white hairs, which on the middle of the elytra are somewhat con- 

 fluent ; a white line before and behind the eye ; prothorax with 

 two tubercles on the disc, the spine at the side strongly produced ; 

 elytra broad and projecting at the shoulders, the base slightly 

 crested, the apex rounded, the whole coarsely punctured ; tibias 

 darker at the end, two first tarsal joints white ; antennae scarcely 

 longer than the body ; mesosternum strongly produced. 

 Length 9 lines. 

 British Museum. 



Zygocera bifasciata. 

 Z. sub-depressa, pube griseo-fulvescente tecta ; prothorace ely- 

 trisque maculis fasciisque fuscis ornatis, his tricarinatis, basi 

 antice productis. 

 Australia (Sydney). 



