196 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe on 



mucronatfB ; tarsi breves; unyuiculi liberi. Ahdoraen 

 segmentis 3-4- brevissimis. Processus intercoxalis antice 

 truncatus. 



A short convex form allied to Erirhinus, but very dif- 

 ferent in habit ; and differentiated, {jiter alia, by its trun- 

 cate intercoxal process. From Storcus it niay be known 

 by its unarmed femora. There are other species, which, 

 as tliey want the lateral groove on the rostrum which 

 characterizes the two here described, I hesitate at present 

 to place in the genus. 



Erytenna consputa. 



E. late ovata, squamulis elongatis rufo-silaceis nigrisque 

 variis vestita; rostro nigro, prothorace haud longiore, 

 lateribus sulcato ; prothorace subtransverso, maculis 

 4-6, quarum tres basales, nigro-notatis ; scutello nigro, 

 transverse ; elytris sulcatis, interstitiis modice convexis, 

 plus minusve nigro-maculatis, aliquando maculis griseis 

 intermixtis ; corpore infra albido-squamuloso ; tarsis nigris, 

 parce griseo-setulosis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hub. — South Australia. 



Erytenna dispersa. 



E. late ovata, squamulis elongatis silaceis griseisque 

 variis vestita; rostro ut in praecedenti; prothorace sat 

 transverse, vage griseo- variegato ; scutello nigro, oblongo ; 

 elytris sulcatis, interstitiis planatis, confuse griseo-macu- 

 latis, medio marginis externi plaga alba notatis; corpore 

 infra albo-squamoso ; pedibus ferrugineis, squamulis albis 

 dispersis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



JTah. — West Australia (Nicol Bay) . 



Meriphus, Erichson, Wiegm. Arch. 1842, ii. 199. 



Meriphus umbrinus. 



M. fuscus, corpore subtuspedibusque ferrugineis, squa- 

 mulis setiformibus griseis parce vestitus ; rostro ferru- 

 gineo, fere dimidii corporis longitudine ; prothorace sub- 

 transverso, antice angustioro, utrinque rotundato ; scutello 



