386 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



One c^, three $$ seen. The (^ is labelled A. albqfasciatus 

 in Gorham's handwriting, and he evidently did not observe 

 the dentiform fifth antenna! joint, this joint being quite 

 simple in $. This species has the elytra fasciate as in 

 Pagurodactylus {Anihocomus) coronatus Boh., differing from 

 that insect in its more slender build and smaller size, the 

 narrow, sulcate, less convex head, the pecuhar form of the 

 cJ-antennae, the smoother prothorax, and the shining, 

 strongly punctured elytra, the apical portion of which is 

 much smoother. The tarsal clav/s are small in the two 

 sexes. The head is long and narrow, as in P. angustissimus 

 Pic. The upper surface of the body and the outer edges 

 of the tibiae are set with very long, erect or projecting 

 hairs. 



Dasytes. 



Dasytes Paykull, Fauna Suecica, ii, p. 156 (1798). 



The S. African " Dasytes " before me include representa- 

 tives of three or four genera or subgenera, of two of which 

 one sex only is at present available for examination. It is 

 therefore advisable to leave the thirteen species here 

 enumerated under the one genus Dasytes till more material 

 is obtained of some of them.* D. oneili Pic, and its allies 

 have the anterior tibiae denticulate externally, much as in 

 the American genus Trichochrons Motsch. (= Prisloscelis 

 Lee), these insects having a hairy body hke that of 

 Henicopus Steph. ; D. costafipemiis Pic, and D. cribricollis, 

 have the facies of a Psilothrix Redt., and D. luteopuhens 

 Pic, that of an American Lisfrvs Lee. D. stellatus will 

 have to be removed to a separate genus when the two 

 sexes are found. D. caeruleus, viridis, and nifipes Thunb. 

 (1821), cannot be identified from the imperfect diagnoses. 



1 (10). Tarsal claw.s with a membranous ex- 



pansion or appendage reaching to 

 near the apex of the claws. 



2 (3). Anterior tibiae more or less denticulate 



towards the apex externally; body 

 black or submetallic, hii'sute, the legs 

 and antennae in part testaceous . Species 1-4. 



3 (2). Anterior tibiae narrow, not denticulate. 



* It may be noted here that most of, if not all, the numerous 

 described Australian insects referred to Dasytes do not belong to 

 the genus, even in the wide sense adopted by European writers. 



