232 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Additions to 



Leptops muricatus. 



L. ovatus, niger, subopacus, squamulis albidis praeeipue in cavitatibus 

 indutus ; fronte convexa, parum punctulata ; rostro longiusculo, 

 antice quinquecarinato ; scrobibus ad medium oculi currentes ; 

 antennis tenuatis, parce squamulosis ; funiculo longiusculo ; clava 

 elongata ; prothorace latitudine vix longiore, basi haud dilatato, 

 supra granulis majusculis insequalibus confertim munito ; scutello 

 angusto ; elytris oblongo-ovalibus, singulis tuberculorum seriebus 

 circa decern instructis, seriebus tertia, quinta, septimaque majo- 

 ribus, postice tuberculis spiniformibus, interstitiis rude impresso- 

 punctatis ; corpore infra pedibusque, tibiis confertim squamulosis 

 exceptis, squamulis parce vestitis. Long. 8 lin. 



Hob. Nicol Bay. 



Like the last in general appearance, but with slender an- 

 tennae, which in thickness are nearly intermediate between the 

 above and L. spinosus. From a comparison of various species 

 the characters of the antennae, although very marked in 

 extreme cases, do not appear to have more than specific value 

 in this genus ; the same may be said of the scrobes. The 

 five carina? on the rostrum are very marked, the middle one is 

 the narrowest. 



Dysostines cellaris. 



D. oblongo-ovalis, niger, supra pedibusque indumento fusco tectus, 

 sparse setulosus ; rostro latitudine sesquilongiore, antice paulo 

 convexo; antennis subferrugineis, articulis quatuor ultimis sub- 

 aequalibus ; prothorace modice ampliato-rotundato, in medio linea 

 longitudinali impressa ; scutello nullo ; elytris prothorace vix 

 latioribus, subcordatis, seriatim punctatis, interstitiis alternis 

 elevatis, pone humeros calloso-tuberculatis ; mesosterno verticali, 

 haud producto ; coxis anticis modice sejunctis ; tibiis posticis 

 paulo curvatis, intus fortiter bisinuatis ; tarsis ferrugineis. Long. 

 21 lin. 



Hab. Sydney. 



Probably most nearly allied to D. hoplostethus ; but with 

 the posterior tibiae only slightly curved, and a normal meso- 

 sternum. That species has a slightly impressed line on the 

 rostrum anteriorly, but partly hidden by the scales with which 

 it is closely covered, and a short crest-like carina nearly be- 

 tween the eyes, but of which there are no traces in the species 

 before us. Mr. Masters says that it is common in the cellars 

 of houses at Sydney. 



Perperus urticarum. 



P. fusco-squamosus, albo maculatim varius ; rostro prothorace parum 

 breviore, antice subrotundato, apicem versus multo latiore ; an- 



