468 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe on 



subgrosse granulati. Scopus brevis, quarta parte basali 

 rostri insertus; funiculus 7-articulatus, articulis elon- 

 gatis; clava ovata, distincta. Frothorax rotundatus, 

 convexus. Scutellum distinctum. Elytra subcordata, 

 tuberculata, liumeris prominulis. Pedes postici longiores, 

 intermedii minores ; femora incrassata, infra dentata ; 

 tibioe flexuosae, subfusiformes ; tarsi pilosi, tenuati, articulo 

 tertio profunde bilobo, quarto elongate j umjuicuHMheTi. 

 Rima pectoralis inter coxas intermedias protensa, apice 

 cavernosa, margine elevato. Metasternum breve. Epis- 

 terna metatlioracis angusta. Ahdonicn segmento secundo 

 breviusculo; stt/?t/-a prima recta. 



The affinities of this genus are not very obvious, but 

 for the present I place it near Onidistus. The insertion 

 of the antennae is nearly in the middle of the scrobe, 

 supposing the rather superficial groove beyond the scape 

 to be part of the scrobe. 



Methidrysis a^iicta. 



M, ovata, fusca, brunneo-squamosa et fasciculata; 

 rostro nitidissimo, subtilissime punctulato, basi excepta, 

 hac vage squamosa, arcuata, incrassata; antennis rufo- 

 testaceis, articulo secundo funiculi longiore, sequentibus 

 ovalibus, paulo gradatim brevioribus, clava sat elongata ; 

 prothorace utrinque modice rotundato, apice constricto, 

 basi sub-bisinuato ; elytris prothorace latioribus et duplo 

 longioribus, supra remote seriatim punctatis, interstitiia 

 tuberculato-fasciculatis, tuberculis basalibus majoribus ; 

 corpore infra pedibusque fusco-squamosis, silaceo-varie- 

 gatis ; femoribus posticis elytra superantibus. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. — Queensland. 



NlQONOTUS, n. g. 



nostrum, validum, paulo arcuatum, squamosum ; scrohen 

 praemedianfB ; scnpns oculum attingens; funiculus 7-arti- 

 culatus, articulis duobus basalibus longiusculis, caeteris 

 brevioribus, sensira crassioribus, ultimo clavam quasi in- 

 cipiente ; c/aivj obovata. Ocnt// subgrosse granulati. Fro- 

 </iora:ttransversus, modice convexus, an tice subito constric- 

 tus, apice productus rotundatus, basi bisinuatus, lateribus 



