232 Mr. F. P. Pascoe oti Additions to 



Lejytojjs nmricatus. 

 L. ovatus, niger, subopacus, squamulis albidis praecipue in cavitatibus 

 indiitus ; fronte convexa, panim punctulata ; rostro longiusculo, 

 antice quinquecarinato ; scrobibus ad medium oculi currentcs : 

 antennis tenuatis, parce squamulosis ; funicixlo longiusculo ; clava 

 elongata ; protborace latitudiue vix longiore, basi baud dUatato, 

 supra granulis majusculis insequalibus confertim munito ; scutello 

 angusto ; elytris oblongo-ovalibus, singulis tuberculoinim seriebus 

 circa decern instructis, seriebus tertia, quinta, septiraaque majo- 

 ribus, postice tuberculis spiniformibus, interstitiis rude impresso- 

 punctatis ; corpore infra pedibusque, tibiis confertim squamulosis 

 exceptis, squamulis parce vestitis. Long. 8 lin. 



Hah. Nicol Bay. 



Like the last in general appearance, but with slender an- 

 tenna, which in thickness are nearly intermediate between the 

 above and L. spinosus. From a comparison of various species 

 the characters of the antennae, although veiy marked in 

 extreme cases, do not appear to liave more than specific value 

 in this genus ; the same may be said of tlie scrobes. The 

 five carinse on the rostrimi are very marked, the middle one is 

 the naiTowest. 



Dysostines cellaris. 



D. oblongo-ovalis, niger, supra pedibusque indumento fusco tectus, 

 sparse setulosus; rostro latitudine sesquilongiore, antice paulo 

 convexo; antennis subferrugineis, articuhs quatuor ultimis sub- 

 sequalibus ; protborace modice ampliato-rotundato, in medio linea 

 longitudinali impressa ; scutello nullo ; elytris protborace vix 

 latioribus, subcordatis, seriatim punctatis, interstitiis alternis 

 elevatis, pone bumeros calloso-tuberculatis ; mesosterno verticali, 

 hand producto ; coxis anticis modice sejunctis ; tibiis posticis 

 paulo curvatis, intus fortiter bisiuuatis ; tarsis ferrugineis. Long. 

 2| lin. 



Hah. Sydney. 



Probably most nearly allied to D. hoplostethus ; but with 

 the posterior tibiae only slightly cm'ved, and a normal meso- 

 stemum. That species has a slightly impressed line on the 

 rostrum anteriorly, but partly hidden by the scales with which 

 it is closely covered, and a short crest-like carina nearly be- 

 tween the eyes, but of which there are no traces in the species 

 before us. Mr. Masters says that it is common in the cellars 

 of houses at Sydney. 



Perperus urticarmn. 

 P. fusco-squamosus, albo maculatim varius ; rostro protborace parum 

 breviore, antice subrotundato, apicem versus multo latiore ; an- 



