Mr. VV. L. Distant on Pyrrliocoriil;c. 35 



greyish white ; anterior portion of head above, Lateral ami 

 posterior niaro-ins of anterior lob; and a central longitudinal 

 line and basal mar<;in to posterior pronotal lobe pale greyish 

 pubescent ; body beneath thickly greyishly pilose. 



Antenna? with the first joint longer than the fourth, the 

 second a little longer than the third; posterior lobe of pro- 

 noturn very obsoletely punctate ; clavus and corium coarsely 

 punctate ; anterior femora with a long spine near apex. 



Long. 10 millini, 



IJah. Amazons (Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to T. pulchra, Dist., from which it differs by the 

 different colour of the corium, greater length of the first joint 

 of the antennae, obsolete punctuation of the posterior pronotal 

 lobe, and the strongly jjuiictured corium and clavus. 



Theraneis spinosa, sp n. 



Black; corium ochraceous; margins of pronotum, a trans- 

 verse fascia at posterior margin of anterior lobe, connected 

 centrally vvitli posterior margin, argeutaceous ; body beneath 

 silvery grey, a lateral spot on the stm-nal segments, a large 

 spot on the lateral areas of the fifth abdominal segments, legs, 

 and antennae black ; apex of second joint and the whole of 

 third and fourth joints of antennae ochraceous. 



Pronotal angle produced into long, acute, backwardly 

 directed spines; pronotum coarsely punctate; clavus and 

 coriuu) im()unctate. 



Long. 13 millim. 



Hnh. Amazons: Ega (Brit. Mus.). 



In colour and appearance very similar to T. luridly Dist., 

 but differing by the long pronotal spines, impunctate 

 corium, &c. 



Genus Iphita. 



Iphita lycoides. 



Melamphaus lycoides, Walk. Cat. Het. vi. p. 17. n. 12 (1873). 



Allied to /. limhata, Stal ; rostrum only reaching the 

 intermediate coxse ; lateral margins of the pronotum less 

 sinuate. 



Genus Physopelta. 

 Physopelta ? lateralis. 



Pyrrhocorii lateraUs, Walk. Cat. llet. v. p. 172. u. 20 (1872). 



I have provisionally placed this small Australian species in 

 the genus P/n/sopeJta. 



