too 'My. V. V. Pascoe on AJJitioii.^ to 



tlio base as lont,^, broadest behind the niiddk', sides of tlie disk 

 very convex, the margins nioderatel}- t'nliaeeous, irreguhirly 

 punctured, the intervals of the punctures witli short bristles, 

 the suture finely raised, and at a short distance on each side 

 of it a strong carina not reaching to the apex, another, but 

 nearly obsolete, at the same distance on the outer side; body 

 beneath and legs dull brown, the latter especially covered with 

 short hairs. Length 6^-7i lines. 



Allied in form to //. Fcroju'i, De Br6me (Boisd. ?), which, 

 however, is a perfectly glabrous species, except as to the legs. 



Saragus* Jloccosus. 



/S. late ovatus, fulvo-tcstaceus, siibtiliter punctulatus ; prothoraco 

 apice prot'undc et anguste emarginato ; elytris haud carinatis, 

 sutura elevata. 



Ilah. Queensland (Wide Bay, on trees ; Brisbane, &.Q,.). 



Broadly ovate, moderately convex, fulvous testaceous, mi- 

 nutely punctulate ; head small, eyes nearly contiguous ; an- 

 tenna ferruginous ; prothorax short, very transverse, brownish 

 testaceous, the apex narrowly and deeply emarginate ; elytra 

 not carinate, the suture raised, the expanded margins rather 

 narrow ; body beneath and legs dark brown, shining; margins 

 of the elytra beneath broad, glossy testaceous, minutely punc- 

 tulate. Length 6 lines. 



All the specimens 1 have seen of this insect have been 

 covered with a close-set white tiocculent substance, which 

 Mr. Cun*ey, than whom there could be no higher authority, 

 considered to be a fungus belonging to the genus Isaria of 

 Persoon, supposed to be the early condition of the kSphterias. 

 This Saragus, ]\[r. Masters writes, is found " on trees covered 

 with a white lichen which the insects very much resemble." 



Saragus patelliformis. 



S. subrotundatus, depressus, fuscus, fere glaber ; prothoracc in medio 

 excavato; elytris tenuitcr punctatis, indeterminate costulatis, 

 sutura anguste elevata. 



Hob. Western Australia. 



Nearly rouiid, depressed, blackish brown, somewhat shining, 

 and nearly glabrous ; head small, finely punctured, the inter- 

 vals of the punctures granuliforni ; prothorax finely jmncturcd, 

 the disk narrow, with a well-marked central impression, each 

 of the dilated margins as broad as the disk ; scutellum very 

 transversely triangular ; elytra rather finely but irregularly 



• Erich.«on, Wiegni. Arch. 1842, i. p. 171, 



