2-4 Mr. Pascoc's IiccUlon 



11. Catasarcus ceratus. 



Broadly oval, moderately convex, black, nearly gla- 

 brous, except a few hair-like scales at the sides and be- 

 neath, having a leaden Avaxy appearance above and on the 

 legs; head convex in front, a strong carina on each side 

 near the eye, and two intermediate shorter ones directly 

 above the transverse sulcus ; rostrum longer than the 

 head ; prothorax short, nearly twice as broad at the base 

 as long, the sides strongly rounded, the base very con- 

 siderably broader than the apex, transversely and finely 

 corrugate except anteriorly ; scutellum small, triangu- 

 lar ; elytra substriate-punctate, the intervals very broad, 

 flattish, finely and very irregularly tuberculate, the punc- 

 tures small, round, shallow, and remote ; legs dark leaden 

 furruginous, knees black, tarsi nearly black ; antennas 

 slender, all the joints of the funicle unusually elongate, 

 the second as long as the first, club narrow, elongate. 



Length 8 lines. 



Hah. — AVestern Australia. 



The greater part of the above characters mark this 

 species off as one of the most distinct of the genus. 



12. Catasarcus foveatus. 



Narrowly ovate, moderately convex, glossy brownish- 

 black, nearly without scales ; head slightly convex in 

 front, four strongly-marked carina^, all a little incui-ved 

 at the transverse sulcus, the two intermediate nearer the 

 lateral ones than to each other, but approximate below, 

 the carinse on the rostrum also well-marked, the interme- 

 diate one glabrous, narrower below, their grooves with 

 a few longer punctures; prothorax not very short, the 

 apex nearly as broad as the base, finely and regularly 

 granulate above; scutellum small, triangular; elytra 

 seriate-punctate, punctures largo, round, with a very few 

 wliitish scales at the bottom ; the fourth and following 

 outer rows with the foveas considerably larger than the 

 three inner rows, the intervals tiattish, rather broad, 

 wnth small nearly obsolete punctures, post-humeral spine 

 short, thick ; beneath black, Anth a few hair-like scales 

 regularly dispersed ; legs reddish-ferruginous, tarsi 

 blackish; antennas brownish-ferruginous, the last four 

 joints of the funicle longer than broad, turbinate, the 

 last joint the longest. 



