62 LYCID^. 



A single Australian species is all that is at present known of this 

 genus. 



Achras limbatus. 



(Plate XV. fig. 7.) 



Porrostoma limbatum, Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1877, p. 81, pi. ii. 

 figs. 88-91. 



Atratus; thoracis elytrorumque marginibus flavis, thorace quinque- 

 areolato ; elj^tris postice paulo ampliatis, quadricostatis, interstitiis 

 transversim reticulatis, apice arcuatim rotundato. c? . Long. 3| lin. 



Hah. Australia. 



Nearly black. The base of the third antennal joint, the base of 

 the palpi, the base of the femora, and the coxae obscure testaceous. 

 The thorax has the central areolet well defined, extending from the 

 base to the anterior margin ; the ridges which divide the lateral 

 areolets are somewhat obscure ; the anterior margin is finely punc- 

 tured. Of the four costae on the elytra, the secojid and fourth are 

 the more distinct, but none of them extend to the apex ; the inter- 

 stices have very numerous transverse ridges, which are very irregular 

 and sometimes interrupted ; towards the apex of the first interstice 

 and in the fifth there are indications of an irregular intermediate 

 longitudinal costa. The penultimate segment of the abdomen has a 

 deep semicircular emargination, 



TAPHES. 



Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 102. 



Insect rather short, having a velvety appearance. Antennae 

 scarcely dentate, beset with long fine hairs in the male. Thorax 

 small, transverse, with a large lozenge-shaped discoidal areolet, its 

 angles nearly reaching the margins. Elytra rather enlarged poste- 

 riorly, quadricostate ; the interstices with two lines of punctures, 

 these lines scarcely divided by a costa. 



Taphes brevicoUis. 



(Plate XV. fig. 9.) 

 Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 110. 



Ater, opacus, brevior ; thorace transverse, areolis quinque obso- 

 letis, scutello apice truncate ; el3'tris basi thorace latioribus, postice 

 ampliatis, Isete rufis, quadricostatis, interstitiis biseriatim foveolato- 

 punctatis. c? • Long. 2^ lin., latr. elytr. Ig lin. 



$ . Long. 3^ lin., latr. elytr. 1| lin. 



Hab. Sarawak (Wallace). 



"With a velvety appearance above. Antennae dull, compact. 

 Thorax a little narrowed in front, straight at the sides, with the 

 surface divided into five areolets ; the central one broad lozenge- 

 ehaped, its anterior angle reaching the front margin and the lateral 



