190 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe nn 



oculos currentes. Uctili fere rotundati, tenuiter gi*anulati. 

 Antennce mediocres ; scapus sensira incrassatus, oculum 

 attingens; funiculus 7-articulatus, articulis quatuor basa- 

 libus sat longiusculis, caeteris brevibus ; clava distincta. 

 Trothorax transversus, antice angustior, lateraliter rotun- 

 datus, basi bisinuatus, lobo mediano emarginato. Elytra 

 prothorace latiora, lateribus leviter rotundata et sensiin 

 angustata. Pedes validi; femora modice incrassata; 

 tibioe rectas, apice mucronatse, antice intus denticulatae ; 

 tarsi sat lati ; unguiculi liberi. Mtsosternum antice ]iro- 

 ductum. MetasternimihveYe. J.fec?ome?i segmento secundo 

 amplo ; sutura prima arcuata. Corpus oblongo-ovatum, 

 convexum, squamosum. 



This genus appears to come very near Hypera and 

 Pantoreites (Pascoe, Proc. Lin. Soc. Zool. 1870, vol. x. p. 

 462), but is distinguished from both, inter alia, by its 

 mesosternum, and from the former also by the last three 

 joints only of the funicle being short. I owe all my spe- 

 cimens to the kindness of Mr. Odewahn, of Gawler, and 

 they were taken, I believe, in that locality. 



Prophcesia albilatera. 



P. silacea, squamulis elongatis brunneis aliisque niveis 

 tecta, his multo majoribus et magis rotundatis, capite 

 prothoraceque minus, scutello cum plaga oblonga lateri- 

 bus elytrorum valde condensatis ; elytris fere obsolete 

 striatis; corpore infra pedibusquo niveo-squamulosis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. — South Australia. 



In one of my specimens the part round the scutellum 

 is also white; the scales on the prothorax are a little 

 condensed along the middle and sides, so as to give, to a 

 certain extent, the appearance of stripes. 



Prophcesia cretata. 



P. brunnea, squamulis oblongis cretaceis aliisque fulves- 

 centibus tecta, scilicet prothorace antice utrinque, elytris 

 basi et pone medium apiceque fulvescentibus ; elytris 

 minus obsolete striatis ; corpore infi-a pedibusque niveo- 

 squamulosis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Ilah. — South Australia. 



