290 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera and Sjyecies of 



Rectus anthracinus. PL XII. fig. 6. 



//. modice convexus,seneo-niger, nitidissimus ; elytris vage et sparse 

 punctatis. 



Hah. Rockhampton. 



Moderately convex, not depressed, brassy black, very glossy; 

 head and protliorax finely j)unctured, anterior angles of the 

 latter strongly produced and acuminate ; scutellum nearly 

 equilaterally triangular ; elytra a little broader than the pro- 

 thorax at the base, their sides slightly parallel, not broader 

 behind, sparingly and irregularly punctured, the punctures of 

 moderate size ; body beneath and legs brownish black, very 

 glossy ; antennge dark ferruginous. Length 6 lines. 



Lepispilus * Stygianus. 



L. niger, nitidus ; prothorace brcvi, valde transverse, angulis anticis 

 haud producto, rotundato. 



Hah. "Alps of Victoria." 



Entirely black, glabrous, shining ; head small compara- 

 tively ; clypeus not distinctly separated from the front, its 

 punctures not more crowded than those on the rest of the 

 head ; protliorax short, very transverse, minutely punctured, 

 anterior angles not produced, broadly rounded ; scutellum 

 equilaterally triangular ; elytra large, very convex, much 

 broader behind (probably in ? only) , with rather fine punctures 

 irregularly crowded, and here and there almost obliterated, 

 with no traces of lines or foveated impressions ; body beneath 

 and legs glabrous and glossy, the tibia3 thickly punctured and 

 strongly dilated at the tips. Length 10 lines. 



Radically distinct from its only congener {L. sulcicollis, 

 Hope) in its colour, sculpture, absence of pubescence, and 

 form of prothorax. My specimen appears to be a female. 



Altes. 



Subfamily Cyphalein^. 



Corpus longe pilosum. 



Antennm breves, art. duobus penultimis transversis. 

 Tihice linearcs, ant. ct interm. haud calcaratae. 

 Tarsi postici art. basaU breviusculo. 



These characters separate this genus from C//arfopter7/x, 

 Westw., to which I had doubtfully referred the species {C. hi- 

 nodosa) constituting its type. It is perhaps the most remark- 

 able of all the Cyphaleinffi, on account of the large humj) at 

 the base of each elytron, precisely as in the Brazilian genera 



* Wostwood, Arean. Eiil. i. 44. 



