90 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



35. — Phflophlceus dubius. n. sp. 



Lenti^th 2| lines. 

 The head is black and smooth, with the antennae and palpi 

 red, the labrura with a well defined median line towards the apex, 

 and the penultimate joint of the maxillary palpi shorter than the 

 termiTial one. The thorax is like that of the last species, except 

 that the setiform puncture marking the broadest part, is in 

 this case nearer the apex than the base. The elytra are striated 

 with a row of fine punctures in the strige ; the interstices are flat 

 and smooth ; the sides are very narrowly margined with red, and 

 there is on each elytron near the apex, a narrow, very zigzag 

 fascia of the same colour extending from the suture to the seventh 

 stria. 



This perhaps ought properly to be considered an Aynnocheila, 

 or it may form a new genus. It resembles the last described 

 species in having the labrum with a distinct median line. With 

 this exception which I have not observed generally in the genus 

 Philophloeuft. the labrum is long and rounded as in that genus, 

 while the palpi are entirely of the character of Baron de Chaudoir's 

 genus, Agonocheila. 



36. — Fhilophlceos vittatds. n. sp. 



Length 2| lines. 

 Head, thorax, and legs reddish, the elytra brown, with a 

 yellow vitta on each extending from the base to the apex, but 

 very much narrowed behind the middle. The labrum which is 

 not quite so long as in the typical species of the genus, is deeply 

 impressed in the middle, the last joint of the tarsi is longer than 

 the preceding one, the head is smooth, the thorax sparingly 

 punctured, the elytra very finely punctured, lightly striated as in 

 the genus generally, with two setigerous points on the third 

 interstice. There is a very narrow yellow margin to the elytra. 



According to the definition of the Baron de Chaudoir, this 

 ought certainly to be classed with Agonocheila. It resembles, 

 however, in so many ways the genus Philophloeus. that, I prefer to 

 place it with the latter. 



