466 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe on 



Onidistus nodipennis. (PL YII. fig. 1.) 



0. elliptico-ovatus, fuscus, squamulis minutis fulvo- 

 brunneis omnino dense vestitus, squamis raajoribus erectis 

 adspersus; capite inter oculos fovea subelongatainipresso ; 

 rostro ferrugiueo, nitido, vage subtiliter punctulato ; arti- 

 culo secuudo funiculi primo sesquilongiore, articulo basali 

 clavee elongate ; prothoi'ace raodice transverso, antice 

 paulo coarctato, supra in medio bicalloso ; scutello rotun- 

 dato ; elytris trigonato-ovatis, modice convexis, tuber- 

 culis duobus in singulo elongatis, suturani approximan- 

 tibuSj uno basali, altero pone medium, aliisque lateri- 

 bus fere obsoletis ; corpore infra pedibusque squamis 

 majoribus magis numerosis. 



Long. 3^ lin. 



Hah. — Queensland. 



Mr. Masters sends examples from Illawarra, wliich 

 appear to be a variety of this species. 



Onidistus araneus. 



0. subovatus, fuscus, indumento saturate grisescente 

 dense tectus, squamisque cunciformibus pallidis remote 

 adspersus ; capite inter oculos paulo excavate ; rostro 

 ferrugiueo, nitido, subtilissime punctulato ; antennis 

 piceo-testaceis, articulo secundo funiculi primo duplo 

 longiore, articulo basali clavae baud elongate ; prothorace 

 raodice transverso, antice paulo coarctato, supra baud 

 calleso ; scutello transverso ; elytris postice latioribus, 

 vel nonnihil subcordatis, apice paulo acuuiinato-produc- 

 tis, basi prope scutellum leviter callosis, humeris parum 

 projectis, supra fere obsolete sulcatis, impunctatis ; fe- 

 moribus tibiisque squamis elongatis adspersis, his apice 

 tai'sisque testaceo-ferrugineis . 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. — Queensland. 



Onidistus odiosus. 



O. ovatus, fuscus, squamulis minutis fuscescentibus 

 supra pedil)usque vestitus, squamis majoribus elongatis 

 erectis interjectis; capite inter oculos foveato ; rostro 

 minus tenuato, fusco, basi squamoso ; antennis piceo- 



