472 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe on 



apice bifasciculato, medio transversim quadrifasciculato, 

 dorso nigro, lateribus autice albidis ; scutello elongate, 

 subtriaugulari ; elytris prothorace manifesto latioribus, 

 subparallebs, sulcato-punctatis, interstitiis vix convoxis, 

 in singulo elytro plagis duabus obliquis, pallidis vel 

 albidis, una huraerali, altera postica, inter eas sub- 

 silaceis nigro-maculatis ; corpoi^e infra pedibusque vage 

 albido-squamosis ; femoribus, apice excepto, tibiisque 

 basi fuscis ; tarsis ferrugineis. 



Long. 1§ lin. 



Hah. — Tasmania ; Melbourne. 



Metacymia, n. g. 



Chcctectetoro affinis, sed ocidis tenue granulatis ; at 

 tarsis articulo quarto abbreviato, hand setoso. 



This last character, whatever its worth, is a marked 

 exception to all the numerous forms allied to Chcetecteto- 

 rus, Australian as well as Malayan, now before me. The 

 pectoral canal terminates just behind the anterior coxee 

 as in Ghcvtectetorus , which, inter alia, distinguishes it from 

 Chimades and Tyrlireus. The species described below 

 varies much in the depth and relative proportions of its 

 colours. 



Metacymia marmorea. 



M, subelongata, picea, squamis albescentibus fuscisque 

 dense tecta ; capite fronte convexo ; rostro broviusculo 

 aaquilato ; antennis piceis, funiculo articulis duobus ba- 

 salibus longiusculis, prime crassiore, cfetei'is brevibus, gra- 

 datim crassioribus, clava breviter ovata, adnata ; protlio- 

 race subtransverso, autice tubulate, utrinque rotundato, 

 supra modice convexo, a3quali, fusco-notato ; scutello 

 rotundato, grisoscente vel fusco; elytris prothorace 

 multo latioribus ct triple longioribus, apicem versus sensim 

 angustatis, supra fusco-marmoratis, subdepressis, sulcato- 

 punctatis, punctis clongatis, interstitiis planatis, setulis 

 vage disporsis, apice rotundatis ; corporo infra pedibusque 

 griseo-squamosis, his setulis adspersis. 



Long, 4 lin. 



Hah. — West Australia, 



