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pilosity of the pygidium and propygidium (the long hairs are 

 nearly as long as the hind tibiae) characterise it very strongly. 

 The second joint of the hind tarsi is about two-thirds the 

 length of the first. 



Also presented to me by Mr. Eothe, of Sedan. 



PANSCHizus, gen. nov. 

 Mentum sub quadrat um, antice sat late productum ; palpis 

 maxillaribus modicis, articulo ultimo sat magno supra 

 excavate ; labrum medio f ortiter productum ; clypeum trans- 

 versum, reflexum, rotundatum; oculi magni sat prominuli ; 

 prothorax transversus, basi parum lobatus ; scutellum 

 triangulariter rotundatum ; elytra oblonga ; pedes ro- 

 busti f ortiter punctulati ; tibiae anticae tridentatae ; inter- 

 mediae et posticae bicarinatae, tarsi tibiis breviores ; ungui- 

 culi inaequales, externi apice sat f ortiter divisi ; 

 mesosternum baud productum ; elytra margine mem- 

 branaceo insfcructa. 

 The insect for which I propose this generic name seems to 

 be very close to some of the species included by Lacordaire in 

 Anoplostethus, but differs in having the external claw of all 

 the tarsi deeply bifid at the apex. I feel considerable doubt as 

 to the value of this character as a generic distinction ; at the 

 same time, as Anoplostethus stands at present, the insect I am 

 describing cannot rightly be attributed to it. 

 P. pallidus, sp. nov. Oblongus ; nitidus ; supra glaber ; tes- 

 taceus viridi-micans ; antennis, palpis, mandibulis, clypeo 

 subtus, labro et pedibus testaceis, his aeneo micantibus, 

 pygidio pallide viridi ; clypeo crebre subtiliter, capite 

 prothorace canaliculate scutelloque subtiliter minus 

 crebre, elytris xortiter sparsim subseriatim, pygidio 

 creberrime subtiliter, punctulatis ; subtus viridis longe 

 albo-pilosus, sterno (medio excepto) subtiliter creberrime, 

 abdomine crasse sparsim punctulatis; pedibus f ortiter 

 punctulatis, intermediis et posticis longe albo-pilosis. 

 Long., 32 mm. 

 A single specimen of this insect was sent to me from "Wes- 

 tern Australia by E. Meyrick, Esq. There is also a much 

 broken example in the South Australian Museum, of the cap- 

 ture of which there is no record. I am doubtful of the sex 

 of these specimens, but believe them both to be females. The 

 nearest allies of P. pallidus are no doubt Anoplostethus opalinus 

 and roseus, which differ entirely from it in colour as well as in 

 the structure of the claws. 



