96 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Additions to 



medium latioribus, levitcr striato-punctatis, punctis plurimis ma- 

 jusculis fuscescentibus impressis, interstitiis, prsesertira postice, 

 elcvatis, setulis numerosis adspersis, apice subacuminatis ; femo- 

 ribus albido-subannulatis ; tibiis anticis intus denticulatis. Long. 

 5 liii. 



Hub. South Australia. 



Centyres. 



Rostrum prothorace paulo brevius, modice robustum, supra tri- 

 cariuatum ; scrohes tcrminales, arcuatte, versus partem inferiorem 

 oculorum desinentes. Funicuhis articulis obconicis. Prothorax 

 subtransversus, lobis ocularibus distinctis. Scutellum parvum. 

 Elytra ovata, basi quam prothorax latiora, humeris rotundatis. 

 Pedes validi ; femora incrassata ; tihice postica) apice cavernosae. 

 Abdomen segmentis tribus interniediis sequahbus. 



The Litter character is at present unique in this group. 

 The species described below has a decided resemblance to our 

 LiopJdosus nid)ilus, only it is very much larger. 



Centyres turgidus. 



C. iiiger, omnino pallidc cincrascenti-squamosus ; rostro carina in- 

 termedia fortiter notata ; autennis pieeis, pubesccntibus ; funiculo 

 sat clongato ; clava modice ovata : prothorace utrinque rotundato, 

 confertim pimctato, puncto singulo squama repleto ; scutello sub- 

 cordato ; elytris ampHatis, apice acuminatis, striato-punctatis, 

 punctis unisquamigeris, interstitiis latis, convcxis ; tibiis anticis 

 intus leviter denticulatis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. Queensland. 



Oxyops far in OS us. 



O. late obovatus, sat valde convexus, niger, squamositate silacea 

 cavitatibus repletis, et parcc albido-set ulosus ; rostro brevi, crasso, 

 supra tricarinato ; prothorace evidenter transverse, pone apicem 

 utrinque sat siibito rotundato, supra ina'quali. rugoso-granulato, 

 basin versus depresso et in medio lenter carinato ; scutello ob- 

 longo ; elytris cordate - trigonatis, humeris calloso-prominulis, 

 supra seriatim foveatis, foveis subqiuidratis, singulatim tuberculo 

 magno basali, alterisque duobus ])Osticis, quorum uno minore 

 versus apicem site ; corpore infra pedibusque squamositate pul- 

 verea munitis, setulis numerosis intermixtis. Long. 6 lin. 



Uab. Albany. 



A short robust species, Avith somoAvhat trigonate elytra. 

 0. aidicus appears to be its nearest ally. 



Gonijjtcnis hyperoides. 



fr. subovatus, fuscus, squamulis olongatis albidis ads])ersus ; capite 

 inter ocidos et rostro longitudinaliter leviter excavate ; lioc brevi. 



