88 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



27. — Saeothrocrepis fasciata. n. sp. 

 Length 2 lines. 

 Like the last but much smaller, and with a broad black fascia 

 on the hinder part of the elytra which is prolonged along the 

 suture towards the apex. 



28. — Saeothrocrepis minima, MacL., W. Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1864, page IIL 



This insect ought to form a new genus. I have not been 

 able to spare a specimen for dissection, but I am convinced I was 

 wrong in putting it with Sarothrocre])is. 



29. — Dromius humeralis. n. sp. 



Length If lines. 



Glossy, black, with the antennae, palpi, legs, a large iri-egular 

 spot on each shoulder covering nearly the whole of the base of 

 the elytra, and a round spot on the suture near the apex, of a 

 dark red. The head and thorax are smooth, the elytra are very 

 lightly striated, and very minutely punctured. 



There is only one specimen of this insect in the collection ; 

 I have been unable therefore to make a very minute examination 

 of it, but I have little doubt that it belongs to this genus. 



30. — HOMETHES VELUTINUS. n. sp. 



Length 3| lines. 



Of a deep velvety black, with the apical half of the antennae 

 and the legs pale yellow. The thorax has its broadest part near 

 the middle where there is a setigerous puncture, the median line 

 is indistinct. The elytra are lightly striated, and have a series 

 of depressed points along the third interstice and near the sides ; 

 these depressions present a slightly yellow appearance. 



The shape of the thorax at once distinguishes this species 

 from H. elegans, Newm., it is in this insect shorter and more 

 regularly rounded, bringing the broadest part close to the middle, 



