40 Mr. Pascoe on Catin^areiDi. 



whitish on the head and prothorax, and on the elytra with 

 lines of pearly white, having a slightly roseate tint; head 

 nearly as in C. tribulus ; prothorax moderately transverse, 

 the sides slightly rounded, deeply scored above by short 

 irregular lines, having a reticulate appearance ; scutellum 

 small, tinangular; elytx-a sti'ongly sulcate-punctate, the 

 third and fourth interspace on the anterior half with eight 

 or ten conical tubercles, some deeply bifid, no tubercle at 

 the shoulders, the base not broader than the base of the 

 prothorax, post-humeral spine moderately conical, basal 

 and medilateral equal, the posterior twice as large as the 

 median, all dark glossy brown ; body beneath, and legs, 

 closely covered with white scales, sprinkled mth fawn, 

 the legs with numerous black setae ; antennas dark brown, 

 scaly and setiferous, club dark brown, pubescent. 



Length 5 lines. 



Hah. — Champion Bay. 



A pretty species, the black rows of punctures on the ely- 

 tra contrasting agreeably with the lighter lines of scales. 



39. Gatasarcus irihulus. 



Black, with somewhat dispersed scales, smoke-coloured 

 and white, the latter condensed in lines on the elytra; 

 front of the head convex, shorter than the rostrum, a 

 narrow deep central groove; prothorax moderately trans- 

 verse, rounded at the sides, roughly tuberculate above ; 

 scutellum small, covered with white scales ; elytra rather 

 more convex, strongly sulcate-punctate, the intervals 

 between the dorsal spines with several stout conical 

 tubercles, as well as a lino of smaller tubercles between 

 the sutui"e and first row of punctures, the post-humeral me- 

 dilateral and basal spines nearly of equal size, the me- 

 dian and posterior pair larger and nearly equal, the 

 shoulder produced into a short conical porrect tubercle, 

 the white lines confined to the anterior half, and princi- 

 pally at the sides ; body beneath, and legs, with whitish 

 scales; antenn.u reddish-jutchy, funicle long, the basal 

 joint nearly tmceas long as the second. 



Length 5^ lines. 



Hah. — Champion Bay. 



This is the only species known to me with a line of 

 tubercles close to the suture. 



