262 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



golden yellow pile. Antenna with the exception of the basal 

 joint of a brownish red. Head deeply excavated in front between 

 the antennae. Thorax shorter than the width, with the median 

 'line slightly marked by a smooth linear space, a small fovea in 

 the middle between the median line and the sides, and the pos- 

 terior angles short and obtuse. Elytra dark red, coarsely punc- 

 tate, and striate with the interstices elevated. Tarsi and ex- 

 tremities of the tibias brownish red. 



MALACODERMID^. 



496. — Metriorrhynchus rhipidius, MacL. App. 

 King's Surv., page 442. 

 $ septemcavus, MacL. App. King's Surv., 

 page 443. 



497. — Metriorrhynchus femoralis. n. sp. 

 Length (^ 5 lines, ? 7 lines. 

 Antennge black, dentate from the third article, and alike in 

 both sexes. Head small, black, nitid, and deeply impressed. 

 Thorax red with black centre, and divided as in the last species 

 into 7 hollows, with the posterior angles pointed backwards 

 more acutely than usual in the genus. Scutellum black, nearly 

 square, emarginate at the apex. Elytra a little broader than the 

 thorax at the base, and of an orange red colour tipped in the 

 female with dark blue, with four fine costse on each, and with the 

 intervals filled with shallow square puuctures disposed in double 

 rows. Body beneath black. Legs black, excepting the coxae 

 and basal two-thirds of the thighs which are red. 



498. — Metriorrhynchus nigripes. n. sp. 

 Length 5 lines. 

 This species differs from the last in having the head only 

 lightly impressed on the median line, and not nitid, in having the 

 thorax more rounded at the posterior angles and black only on 

 the basal portion of the middle, in having the elytra of a darker red 

 and more deep punctation, and in having the legs entirely black. 



