136 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Additions to 



Rhinaria myrrhata. 



R. oblonga, nigra, supra squamiilis fulvo-aurantiacis sat dense, pro- 

 thorace exoepto, vestita ; fronte nt in R. foveipenni ; rostro brevi, 

 supra dimidio apicali late longitudinaliter excavato, fundo excava- 

 tionis bisulcato ; antennis fulvo-squamulosis, elava nigra ; protho- 

 race sat confertim granulate, disco nigro, sparse squamuloso ; scu- 

 tello elevato, scutilbrmi ; elytris prothorace fere duplo latioribus, 

 humcris promiinilis, rotundatis, seriatim punctatis, interstitiis ele- 

 vatis, pra3sertim alternatis, his confertim, alteris remote seriatim 

 nitide granulatis, basi et paulo pone medium colore saturatiore 

 atro-maculato notatis ; corpore infra pedibusque squamulis palli- 

 dioribus tectis. Long. 4|-6 lin. 



Hah. South Australia. 



Demyesus. 



Rostrum tenuatum, arcuatum, prothorace longius; scrobes ante- 

 medianfe, obliquoe ; antenme breviusculae ; funicido brevi, articulis 

 quatuor ultimis valde transversis ; clava magna, oblonga, tomen- 

 tosa. Oculi ovati, subtus approximati, grosse granulati. Pro- 

 thorax subtransversus, lateribus rotundatus, basi bisinuatus, lobis 

 ocularibus distinctis. Scutellum parvum. Elytra suboblonga, 

 prothorace latiora. Pedes minusculi ; femora incrassata, infra 

 subdentata ; tibia} intns flexuosa?, apice unguiculatfe ; tai-si sub- 

 tenues, articulo tertio bilobo, quarto elongato ; unguicidi simplices. 

 Pectus excavatum, apice profunde emarginatum. Coxcb anticae 

 modice sejunctae. Metasternum modice elongatum. Abdomen 

 segmentis 3-4 brevibus. 



The insect described below has a strong resemblance to 

 Meleus Megerlei] but, notwithstanding the pectoral cavity, 

 which might suggest a relationship to one of the Apostasi- 

 merous groups, its general characters, particularly of the tibijB 

 and the antennae, the latter resembling those of^c^ees, Schon., 

 point to the Hylobiina. The separation of the anterior coxae 

 is a character found also in Fissodes, Seleuca, &c. 



Demyrsus meleoides. 



D. ovatus, niger, setnlis squamisqxie piliformibus, plerumque fusees- 

 centibus, subvariegatim vestitus ; rostro apicem versus nitide 

 castaneo ; funiculo clava vix longiore, articulo primo caeteris lon- 

 giore, sed breviusculo ; prothorace apice quam basi multo angus- 

 tiore, creberrime punctato, in medio longitudinaliter carinulato ; 

 elytris striato-punctatis, intex'stitiis alternis costato-elevatis, con- 

 fuse fusco-irroratis, singulis pone medium, suturam approximata 

 macula rotundata ochracea notatis ; corpore infra nigro-castaneo, 

 punctis unisetulosis adsperso ; pedibus sparse setulosis. Long. 

 5-5i lin. 



Ho,h. New South Wales (Sydney). 



