and Species of Coleoptera. 359 



oxcepto, riavosceiitibus ; tareis articulo ultimo racdioiri. Long. 

 ^-4k lin. 



Hob. Queensland (llocklianipton). 



E(/cstn'u .^uturalt's. 



^. ( 5 ) fusca, pilis albidis omnino induta ; capite oblongo, nigoso- 

 punctato ; clypeo transverse, apicr late rotundato ; labro sat elon- 

 gate ; antennis tt'staceis, artieulo secundo sotjuontibus manifesto 

 breviort', idtimo pariim clongato ; jjrothoraco utrin(|iio in medio 

 incurvato, ooulato-punctato ; scutollo subquadrato ; i-lytns paral- 

 Iclis, confertim punctulatis, sutuni alba e pilis condciisatis ; tibiis 

 tarsisque testact'is, bis artieulo ultimo clongato. Long, o lin. 



//«/>. North Australia. 



Nessiara histn'o. IM. Xl\'. iig. 2. 



N. oblonga, atra, capite rostrocjue pube miniacea dense indntis, hoc in 

 medio leviter carinulato ; mancUbulis nijjris, maxillis, palpis auteu- 

 nisque testaceis, clava fusca ; ])]'othorace quam latitudine vix lon- 

 giore, pube miniaeca induto, maculis sex nigris ornato, basi cinereo 

 et macidis duabus nigris notato ; scutello parvo, rotundato ; ely- 

 tris depressis, lateribus sensim angustioribus, apice rotuiidatis, 

 striato-punetatis, postico pube miniacea tectis, interstiis alternis 

 cinereo-pubescentibus, alteris nudis, nigris ; corpore infra pedi- 

 busque cinereo-pubescentibus ; femoribus infra versus basin lon- 

 gius pilosis. Long. J lin. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



The males of Nessiara, at least of this species and N. didyma, 

 have the rostrum broader, and notched or toothed at the sides. 

 X. planata, Pasc, appears to belong to Phl(eoj)s, Lac., which 

 is, apparently, principally differentiated by the angular sides 

 of its ])rothorax. Tlie species described above is one of the 

 most striking of the Anthribidse ; and it is interesting also 

 from its habitat, the Pliilippine Islands being probably the 

 north-easteni limit of the Malayan beetle-region, whence so 

 large a proportion of the known insects of this family are 

 derived, of which, however, these islands have hitherto fur- 

 nished a very insignificant part. 



Hahrissus heros. PI. XIV. fig. 5. 



H. njger, pube albida fusco variegata dense tcctus ; rostro late ; oculis 

 ovatis, ^'ix obliquis ; antennis nigris, artieulo tcrtio paulo incrassato, 

 sequentibus ad octavum a?qualibus, longiusculis, sed brevioribus, 

 clava tenui ; prothorace obconico, subfusco, fere obsolete macula- 

 tini vario ; scutello transverse triangidari ; elytris oblongis, pro- 

 thorace paulo latioribus, striato-punctulatis, interstitiis alternis 

 fusco ocellato-macidatis ; corpore infra pube densa grisea induto. 



