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



Whilst these sheets were passing through the press we received 

 the new species from Australia described below. The first five 

 were collected by Mr. Bakewell, at Melbourne ; the remainder 

 were sent from Moreton Bay by Mr. Diggles. 



Mecynopus semivitreus. 



M. ferrugineus ; elytris postice sub-divergentibus, nitidis, ma- 

 culis duabus elongatis, testaceis ; femorum basi, tarsisque 

 posticis albis. 



Melbourne. 



Ferruginous ; head rather coarsely, prothorax more finely and 

 closely punctured, the latter sub-cylindrical, its disc with five 

 very slight tubercles ; elytra broadest at the shoulder, slightly 

 contracted beyond the middle, diverging a little posteriorly, each 

 with two large, longitudinal, glassy, testaceous spots ; bases of the 

 femora and posterior tarsi white. 



Length 4^ lines. 



The type of this genus is from Tasmania (M. cotlmrnatus, Er.). 



Tr'/iocosmia paradoxa. 



T. atra, opaca ; elytris rubris ; antennarum articulis primis 

 tertiisque elongatis, valde clavatis, reliquis brevissimis. 



Melbourne. 



Black, opaque; prothorax finely corrugated, with four slight 

 tubercles on its disc, the side bluntly toothed, anterior and posterior 

 margins pale reddish ; elytra pure red, tricostulate, the interstices 

 finely punctured ; antennge longer than the body, the first and 

 third joints very long and much enlarged at their tips, the last 

 eight together not longer than the third; eyes pale; tibiae and 

 tarsi tinged with red. 



Length 5 lines. 



I have seen two specimens of this singular insect, which is 

 allied to T. Rod, Hope. 



Ischnotes Bakewellii, 



L nigrescens ; prothorace subtilissime punctato, lateribus con- 

 cavis ; elytris brunneis, creberrime punctatis. 



Blackish brown ; head rather narrower than the prothorax, with 

 a raised line between the eyes, antennae much shorter than the 

 body, the first joint pitchy ; prothorax minutely punctured, two- 

 thirds the length of the elytra, somewhat broader anteriorly, the 



