﻿Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  on 
  Australasian 
  Beiytidse. 
  585 
  

  

  Melanacanthus 
  margineguttatus 
  , 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  castaneous 
  brown 
  ; 
  lateral 
  margins 
  

   and 
  two 
  central 
  longitudinal 
  fasciae 
  to 
  head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  

   black, 
  basal 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  mostly 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  central 
  

   longitudinal 
  ochraceous 
  spot 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  black, 
  centrally 
  

   castaneous 
  brown, 
  its 
  apex 
  pale 
  stramineous 
  ; 
  corium 
  black, 
  

   the 
  lateral 
  margin 
  greyish 
  white, 
  widened 
  on 
  apical 
  area 
  ; 
  

   membrane 
  hyaline, 
  except 
  at 
  margins, 
  reflecting 
  the 
  brown 
  

   abdomen 
  beneath 
  ; 
  body 
  beneath 
  black, 
  greyishly 
  pilose 
  ; 
  a 
  

   greyish 
  longitudinal 
  fascia 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   sternum 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  beneath 
  with 
  a 
  central 
  longitudinal 
  line, 
  

   sometimes 
  the 
  whole 
  central 
  discal 
  area, 
  and 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   margins 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  above 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  very 
  

   obscure 
  central, 
  segmental, 
  castaneous 
  spots, 
  the 
  connexivum 
  

   ochraceous, 
  with 
  prominent 
  black 
  spots; 
  legs 
  black 
  or 
  

   blackish, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  (excluding 
  bases 
  and 
  apices) 
  dull 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous, 
  basal 
  joints 
  of 
  tax*si 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  antennae 
  

   brownish 
  ochraceous, 
  first 
  joint 
  distinctly 
  passing 
  apex 
  of 
  

   head, 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  subequal 
  in 
  length, 
  third 
  a 
  little 
  

   longer, 
  fourth 
  longest 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  pronotum 
  finely 
  obscurely 
  

   pilose 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  more 
  strongly 
  so 
  and 
  

   wrinkled 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  area, 
  lateral 
  angles 
  subprominent, 
  

   black, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  directed 
  backwardly 
  ; 
  corium 
  (excluding 
  

   the 
  pale 
  lateral 
  margin) 
  thickly 
  coarsely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  membrane 
  

   passing 
  the 
  abdominal 
  apex 
  ; 
  posterior 
  femora 
  somewhat 
  

   longly 
  spined. 
  

  

  Long. 
  1 
  1 
  mm. 
  j 
  

  

  Hab. 
  North 
  Australia; 
  Alexandria 
  (TV. 
  Stalker, 
  Brit. 
  

   Mus.). 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  M. 
  scutellarls, 
  Walk., 
  by 
  the 
  prominently 
  

   spotted 
  connexivum, 
  differently 
  coloured 
  markings 
  through- 
  

   out, 
  posterior 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  more 
  distinctly 
  raised 
  

   and 
  wrinkled, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Berytidae. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Metatropis. 
  

  

  Metatropis, 
  Fieb. 
  Wien. 
  ent. 
  Monats. 
  1859, 
  p. 
  206. 
  

  

  Type, 
  M. 
  rufescens, 
  Herr.-Schaff. 
  

  

  Metatropis 
  tipidarius, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Dark 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  anterior 
  area 
  of 
  pronotum 
  a 
  

   little 
  paler 
  ; 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen 
  above 
  and 
  spots 
  to 
  connexivum 
  

   castaneous 
  ; 
  body 
  beneath 
  pale 
  castaneous 
  ; 
  head 
  beneath 
  

  

  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  8. 
  Vol. 
  vii. 
  39 
  

  

  