274 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera 



muticac, setacesc, corpore longiores, articulo basali hand clongato, 

 articulis H., 4. quam 5. breviores. Oculi profundc emarginati. 

 Prothorax globoso-ovalis, basi valde strangiilatus, utrinque spina 

 brevi armatus. Scutellum parvum, triangulare. Ehjira oblonga, 

 dorso in medio incurvato-depressa, apice rotundata, singula tuber- 

 culo basali instnicta. Femora fusiformia ; tihifp graciles, postica; 

 longiorca, arcuatse ; torsi postici articulo basali ca^teris conjunctim 

 longiore. Coxce antica) conicae ; acetahula antica apcrta. Pro- 

 sternmn inter coxas angustissimum. 



Tlie contour of this genus is similar to that of Euderces among 

 the TilloniorpliiiifB*; but the conical anterior coxa?, almost con- 

 tiguous at the base, prevent its being joined to that subfamily ; 

 its place in Lacordaire's table, in reference to this character 

 and to its deeply emarginate eyes, would be next to Aphneo- 

 pinae, from which it essentially differs in the form of the head, 

 not contracted into a neck, and the basal joint of the antennre 

 of normal length. With the five subfamilies of the same 

 series possessing the last two characters it is needless to com- 

 pare it, as its affinities arc obviously not in their direction. 

 On the whole, I think this genus must be placed in a new 

 subfamily, which, from the form of the prothorax and elytra 

 approximating it to Zoedia, and in the absence of other indi- 

 cations, may be placed immediately after Aphneopina?. I am 

 indebted for my specimens to Mr. Masters. 



Ocliyra coarctata. PI. XIII. fig. 3. 



0. fusca, pilis erectis parce adspcrsa ; antennis pedibusquc luteis ; 

 capite prothoraceque subtilissime crcbre puuctulatis ; olytris basi 

 protboracc duplo latioribus, utrincjue incurvatis, posticc valde 

 convcxis, singulis ante medium jjlaga clevata lutea triangulari, 

 basi ad marginem cxteriorem, apice juxta suturam, ornatis ; cor- 

 pora infra fusco, abdomine nitido. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Tasmania (Mount Wellington). 



Distenia fastuosa. 



D. nitidissime uigro-viridis, sparse erccto-pilosa ; elytris cyaneo- 

 chalybcatis, antennis, scapo oxccpto, palpis, pedibusque castaneo- 

 rufis ; capite fere impunctato ; clyiieo proiunde cmarginato ; an- 

 tennis corpore fere dujdo longioribus ; scapo nigro. transvei-sim 

 rugoso ; i)rothorace elongate, in medio subtrituberculato ; scutello 

 subtransverso, nigro ; elytris august e cuiu\atis, apicibus oblique 

 craarginatis, angulo exleriore longe spinoso, pube subtilissima 

 vage vcstitis, fortiter seriatim punctatis, p\inelis pone medimu 

 cvanescentibus ; corpore infra polito, nitidissimo. Long. 11 lin. 



Hah. Nicaragua (Chontales). 



A fine and very distinct species, \vliielu I'nMii its longer and 



* This is oniittrd b\ l,;u'i>r<lairo in his U\h\f. It is liis 0:?iul '' proiipc." 



