304 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 

 660. CiSTELA POLITA. n. Sp. 



Length 2 lines. 

 Elongate-ovate, red, nitid and punctate. Thorax transverse, 

 rounded on the sides, and slightly broader at the base than at 

 the apex, with the median line and two foveee traceable at the 

 base. Elytra black, very nitid, and striato-punctate, with the 

 interstices snaooth and flat. Legs pale red. 



MELANDRYID^. 

 66L — Oechesia elongata. n. sp. 



Length 3 lines. 

 Elongate, reddish brown, subopaque, densely and minutely 

 punctate, and covei'ed with a fulvous sericeous pubescence. 

 Legs, antennEe, and palpi of a paler colour. 



LAGRIID^. 



662. — Lagria grandis, Gyllh. SchonJi. His. 1 , Ins. 

 app., 3, page 9. — Blanch. Voy. Pole. Sud. 

 IV., page 183, t. 1.2, /. 9.— Erichs. Weigin. 

 ArcMv. 184<2, I., page S70. 

 rufescens Boisd. Voy. Astrol. II., page 286, 

 — Latr. Dej. Cat., Zrd ed., p)age 237. 

 ruficollis MsicLeaj Dej. Cat. 3rd ed.,page 237. 



663. — Lagria ctanea. n. sp. 



Length 3| lines. 

 Of a greenish blue with a tinge of purple on the elytra, 

 moderately convex, subopaque, densely punctate and cinereo- 

 pilose. Under surface of body, cox£e, basal portion of the femora 

 and basal joints of antennas red, rest of antennae, and legs black. 



Ommatophorus. n. gen. 



Head small. Neck distinct. Eyes large, round and con- 

 tiguous. Maxillary palpi securifox'm. Antennae long, filiform, 



