84 Mr. W. W. Saunders on 



THIRD DIVISION. 



WINGS MUCH ABBREVIATED. 



Hestiiesis, Newman. 

 Hesthesis ornata. (Plate I. fig. 1.) 



Head pitchy black, with the face somewhat prolonged, and ex- 

 cavated longitudinally; the excavation having a large some- 

 what cordiform patch of bright yellow hairs in the centre. An- 

 tennae dark chesnut brown, about as long as the body. Eyes 

 large, subreniform, black brown. Thorax quadrato-rotundate, 

 rather broader than long, black, narrowly margined in front, with 

 a row of bright, yellow, short hairs, and with a small triangular 

 patch of the same coloured hairs on the upper side, in the centre 

 of the hinder margin. Elytra somewhat broader than thorax or 

 abdomen : about one-third the length of the latter, quadrate and 

 somewhat rounded on the outer margin; dark umber brown, with 

 darker shoulders. Wings dusky brown, darker on the anterior 

 margin. Abdomen black, with the first and fourth joints mar- 

 gined posteriorly with a bright yellow band of short adpressed 

 hairs. Legs and tarsi dull chesnut brown. 



Length \ inch. 



In my own collection. 



I have only seen one specimen of this interesting species of 

 Hesthesis, which was collected by Mr. Horsley at Hunter's River, 

 New South Wales. It is the smallest species of the genus with 

 which I am acquainted; and is most nearly allied to a species 

 called by Mr. Newman variegalus. 



Agapete, Newman. (Zoologist, vol. iii. p. 1017.) 



Agapete carissima, New. (Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Head rufous brown, covered with short erect down, furrowed 

 along the vertex and down the face. Palpi piceous, but little 

 projecting. Antennae black, 12-jointed, somewhat longer than 

 the body. 1st joint shortish, somewhat clavate, robust; 2nd 



