198 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe on 



parce punctato, pone apicem transversim sulcato; scu- 

 tello nigro, late et curvilineatim triangular! ; elytris 

 breviusculis, lateribus subparallelis, sulcato-punctatis, 

 interstitiis modice couvexis, subtilissime punctulatis ; 

 corpore intra subaeneo-fusco, nitido, leviter punctato ; 

 pedibus fusco-ferrugineis ; antennis scapo funiculoque 

 flavis, hoc extus infuscato, clava fusca. 



Long. l|-2 lin. 



Hab. — Champion Bay. 



Myossita, Pascoe j Journ. Entora. ii. 418. 

 Myossita melanocephala. 



M. oblonga, convexiuscula, ferruginea, squamulis pili- 

 formibus griseis adspersa ; capite rostroque nigris, hoc 

 gequilato, prothorace longiore ; antennis testaceo-ferru- 

 gineis, pilis subtilissimis sparse tectis; prothorace sub- 

 transverso, antice valde angustato, utrinque fortiter 

 rotundato ; scutello transverso, nigro, nitido ; elytris 

 sub-ovatis, pone medium sensim angustioribus, striato- 

 punctatis, punctis oblongis approximatis, interstitiis in- 

 terrupte pilosis; corpore infra griseo-piloso ; pedibus 

 ferrugineis, parce griseo-pilosis, femoribus aliquando 

 nigris. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. — Western Australia. 



Owing to the absence of pilosity here and there on 

 the interstices of the elytra, the latter have a spotted 

 appearance. 



Myossita cirrifera. (PI. V. fig. 4.) 



M. oblonga, depressiuscula, silacea, nitida ; rostro pro- 

 thorace longiore, apicem versus sensim latiore, cum 

 capite nudo ; antennis subtestaceis, parce pilosis, clava 

 elongata, pube sericea tecta ; prothorace latitudine longi- 

 tudine aequali, utrinque modice rotundato, apice basi 

 angustiore, supra nudo, subtiliter punctato ; scutello 

 subscutiformi, punctulato ; elytris sub-ovatis, lateribus 

 leviter rotundatis, striato-punctatis, punctis approxi- 

 matis, interstitiis lasvissimis, maculis flavo-pilosis deco- 

 ratis ; corpore infra silacen, parce flavo-pilosis ; pedibus 

 fere nudis. 



Long. 3-4 lin. 



Hub. — Queensland. 



