BY W. MACLEAY, ESQ., F.L.S. 285 



585. — Hypaulax opacicollis. n. sp. 

 Length 9 lines. 

 The thorax in this insect is more opaque than in the last, and 

 the punctures on the elytra are still larger and though placed in 

 rows, are not in strife. 



Both insects may have been described by Mr. Bates under the 

 names of sinuaticollis and tarda, as I have never seen the descrip- 

 tions of these two species. 



586. — Peomethis Pascoeii. n. sp. 

 Length 9 lines. 

 Of the size, form, and general appearance of Promethis angulata 

 Erichs, but differs in having the elytra less deeply striate, while 

 the punctures in the striae are much longer and less crowded. 



587. — Menephilus nigerrimus, Boisd. Voy. Astrol. II., 

 pap'e254. — Blanch Voy. Pole. 8ud.IV.,page 

 168, t. 11,/. 10.— Dej. Gat. Srd. Ed., page 

 226.— Blessig. Eor. Ent. Boss. Soc. 1, 1861, 

 page 95. 

 Australis MacLeay Dej. Cat., page 226. 



588. — Menephilus parvulus. n. sp. 

 Length 3 lines. 

 Oblong, flat, black, subnitid and finely punctate. Head 

 broad, rounded in front of the eyes and truncate at the apex, 

 with the terminal joint of the maxillary palpi scarcely securiform 

 and obliquely truncate. Thorax quadrate with the anterior angles 

 advanced, the sides parallel, and the apex truncate. Elytra of 

 the width of the thorax, parallel-sided, rounded at the apex, and 

 striato-punctate — the striee small and the interstices very slightly 

 convex. 



A new genus might very properly be formed for this curious 

 little insect. 



589. — Meneristes servulus, Pasc. Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 1869, page 151. 



