48 LYCID^. 



Metriorrhynchus scalaris. 



(Plate XII. fig. 3.) 



Porrostoma scalare, TFaterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 79, pi. i^ 

 figs. 53-56. 



Ater ; elytris apice sordide flavo ; rostro latitudine breviore ; 

 elytris quadricostatis, interstitiis reticulatis. $ . Long. 4| lin. 



Hab. N.W. Australia. 



Thorax with seven distinct areolets. The elytra parallel, with 

 the extreme apex dirty yellow ; the four costse on each elytron are 

 distinct, but the third is less so towards the apex ; the interstices 

 have rather closely placed irregular transverse ridges, which are 

 frequently oblique, or when half across the interstice divide into two, 

 forming a Y placed horizontally (>-), giving a reticulated appearance 

 to the elytra ; here and there the intermediate very fine longitudinal 

 costse may be traced. 



Metriorrhynchus fallax. 



(Plate XII. fig. 5.) 



Porrostoma fallax, JVaterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1877, p. 79, pi. i. figs. 

 57-60. 



Elongatus, paraUelus, niger ; thorace elytrisque flavo-rufis, his 

 apice nigro ; rostro latitudine paulo breviore, opaco, utrinque fovea 

 nitida ; elytris sat convexis, parallelis, quadricostatis, interstitiis bi- 

 seriatim punctatis. § . Long. Q^ lin. 



Hab. Moreton Bay. 



Elytra about five times as long as the thorax, black at the apex ; 

 the interstices with two regular rows of square punctures, the rows 

 divided by a fine costa. 



This species is peculiar for its long, narrow form. 



Metriorrhynchus rufipennis. 



(Plate XIL fig. 6.) 



Lycus rufipennis, Fabr., Syst. El., ii. p. 114. 



Porrostoma salebrosum, Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1877, p. 79, pi. ii. 

 figs. 61-64. 



Statura et color P. erythropteri, at minor ; rostro brevissimo. 

 Niger ; elytris rubris, quadricostatis, interstitiis biseriatim punc- 

 tatis. S , 2 • Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Melbourne and Van Diemen's Land. 



Difi'ers from P. eryfhropterum in having the rostrum very short, 

 with a deep fovea in front of each eye. Third joint of the antennae 

 as broad as long. Elytra quadricostate ; the interstices with two 



