270 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera 



Drephilydia jejuna. IM. XIII. fig. 6. 

 Mallodon jejumnn, Pascoe, Joum. of Entom. ii. 243, 



Phacod&s tenuitarsis. 



P. fuscus, subnitidus, pubc grisea internipte vcstitus, setulisquc ad- 

 spcrsus ; autennis articulis tcrtio quartcrjue fore acjualilms : pro- 

 thoracc vix longiore quam laliorc, parum rotiuidato, in medio 

 k'viter carinulato, antice tuheroulis duobus indistinctls. postice 

 versus latera costulis duabus obliquis munito ; scutello subtri- 

 angiilari; elytris hand elongatis, depressis, apicibus emarginatis, 

 graniilis indLstinctis remotis notatis, singulis plagis duabus mioiLs 

 pubesccntibus signatis ; femoribus fortiter incrassatis, compressis, 

 tarsis linearibus. Long. ( d ) 5 lin., ( § ) 7 lin. 



Ilah. Western Australia (Nicol Bay). 



The smallest of my specimens is a male ; the female has 

 consitlerably broader tarsi, although still linear, the three 

 basal joints being of equal breadth. 



Phacodes loyigicollis. 



P. subtostacexis, pube grisea vestitus ; antennis articulis tertio quar- 

 toque fere a?(iualibus ; prothorace capitc paulo angustiore, oblongo, 

 utrinque parum rotundato, in medio breviter carinulato, antice 

 tuberculis duobus nitidis ; scutello suborbiculari ; elytris hand 

 elongatis, depressis, apice rotimdatis, granulis nitidis distinctis 

 adspersis ; femoribus sat fortiter clavatis, maculis denudatis no- 

 tatis ; tarsis posticis articulo basali anguste triangulari. Long. 

 4Hn. 



Hah. Queensland (Wide Bay). 



This species has a narrow prothorax, and the femora arc 

 more clavate and less compressed than in its congeners, in 

 this respect approaching 2lie2)hantes, and distinct from Pha- 

 codes by its abruptly clavate femora and mutic antenna:^, 

 thicker in the middle in the male. 



Maltiieba. 



(Xeosteninje.) 



Caput breve ; tubcra antennifera distantia. Antenna! 11-articulata^. 

 {6) corpore vix longiores, articulis, secundo cxcepto, suban]uali- 

 bus, extus apice unilateraliter dilatatis, (^ $ ) corpore bre\noros. 

 OcuU permagni. Palpi articulo ultimo cylindrioo. MamUhuhr 

 breves. Labium mimitum. Prothora.v transversus, utrinque in 

 medio tuberoulato-spinosus. Eh/tra olongata, parallela, submeni- 

 braiiacoa. Ft'.iioni le\nter incrassata ; tihiiv graciles ; tarsi lineares. 

 articulo tertio lobis angustis. Co.ivr anticir fere contigua?, modiec 



