BY W. MACLEAY, ESQ., F.L.S. 155 



Antennae rather short, the first joint neai"ly square, and with the 

 angles obtuse, the second to the ninth inclusive three times 

 broader than the length, and the last more than twice the length 

 of the preceding one. Head not depressed in front, and with 

 the posterior angles rounded. Thorax much longer than the 

 width, very little narrowed behind, and not rounded on the sides, 

 with the median line obsoletely carinated and broadly depressed 

 near the base. Elj'tra a little wider than the thorax, and with 

 the apex triemarginate in nearly equal lengths, and produced into 

 acute points between the emarginations. Apex of the abdomen 

 nearly black. The external apical angle of the fore tibiae is acute, 

 that of the intermediate and posterior tibiae is rather obtuse, with 

 the apex subtruncate. 



SCTDMiENID^. 



268. — Phagonophana Kingii, King. Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 N. 8. Wales, Vol. 1, page 92. 



269. — SCTUM.ENUS Kingii. n. sp. 

 Length | of a line. 

 Dark red, nitid and clothed with a short golden pubescence. 

 Antennae of medium size, with the two last joints forming an 

 elongated club, and the ninth joint alittle larger than the preceding- 

 ones. Neck distinct. Thorax rather elongate, not constricted 

 behind. Thighs long, clavate. 



SILPHID^. 



270. — Ptomaphila lachtmosa, Schreib. Trans. Linn. 

 Soc, Vol. YI., page 194. 



271. — Catops gbscurus. n. sp. 

 Length IJ lines. 

 This species diflPers from G. australis Erichs., the only Aus- 

 tralian species hitherto described, in being clothed with a light 

 coloured pubescense, and in having the thorax and elytra longitu- 

 dinally instead of transversely scratched or striolated. 



