BY THE REV. R. L. KING, B.A. 3 



longiori quam lato, autice rotundato postice sub-contracto 

 et ad basin lateralitei" marginato ; elytris sab-parallelis 

 piloso-striatis, ad humeros paulo thoracis basi latioribus, 

 maculis olivaceis elongatis lateralibus obsoletis ; antennis 

 et pedibus castaneis. 

 Long. .10 poll. 



Gawlei' ; South Australia : " in sand near debris, in the dried 

 river bed." Mrs. Kreicsler. 



The intercoxal plate is long and narrow. The spots on the 

 thorax and elytra are of au olive colour, but are hardly distinct. 

 This species has much the appearance of Dlrccea, and comes near 

 the Indian M. concolor. 



II. — Anthicites. 



Genus II. NoTOXus. Geoffrey. 



This genus which has its representatives in many parts of the 

 world is remarkable for the prolongation of the fore part of the 

 thorax in the shape of a horn over the head. A single Austra- 

 lian species has been thus described by Mr. Hope, from Adelaide. 



Sp. 2. N. australasice. La Ferte-Senectere. 

 Nigro-piceus, villosus, elytris profunde et parum confertim 

 punctatis, pone humeros transversim depressis, ibique ma- 

 cula una flava singulari oruatis ; antennis pedibusque sature 

 ferrugineis. 

 Long. .13 poll. 

 Adelaide. 

 I have not seen this species. It belongs to the division 

 which has the apex of the elytra of both sexes oblique truncate. 

 The single macula near the shoulder on each elytron can hardly 

 be mistaken. 



Genus III. Mectnotarsus. La Ferte. 



This genus, though possessed of the thoracic horn so remark- 

 able in Notoxus, has been separated from that genus in conse- 

 quence of the prolongation of the posterior tarsi. I have not 



