54 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some neiu or little-Tcnown 



many among the Heteromera ; in its habit it resembles Scraptia ; but 

 as the more important characters are those of Melandryidse, and that 

 family is also one which contains several anomalous forms, it seems 

 less objectionable to place it in that group than in any other. 



Biophida uni color. (PL III. fig. 4.) 



B. fulvo-testacea, pube pallidiori vestita ; prothorace bifoveolato ; oculia 

 fere concoloribus. 



Hab. Natal. 



Entirely of a light-brownish testaceous colour, rather closely covered 

 with short stiiRsh paler hau^s j a large fovea on each side of the pro- 

 thorax near the posterior angle ; scutellum transverse, rounded behind j 

 eyes a little darker. Length 4 lines. 



IscHALiA [Pedilidae ?]. 



Head small, contracted behind, and narrowed anteriorly below the eyes. 

 Antennae shorter than the body, linear, 11-jointedj second joint smallest, 

 the rest subequal. Eyes reniform. Epistome and labrum large, covering 

 the mandibles. Maxillary palpi robust, the last joint secm^iform ; labial 

 much shorter, terminating in a broad triangular joint. Maxillae short, 

 obtuse. Prothorax narrowed anteriorly, irregular above, its posterior 

 angles produced, the epiplem'se confounded with the pronotimi. Elytra 

 broader than the prothorax, subparallel, bent at the side, and concave 

 on the disc, the epipleural plait narrow. Legs moderate, anterior 

 acetabula open behind j all the coxge approximate, the anterior and 

 intermediate conical ; tibiae unarmed ; tarsi short, first joint longer 

 than the rest together, the penultimate bilobed ; claws simple. 



I refer this genus doubtfully to Pedilidae, notwithstanding that it 

 agrees in two characters which M. Lacordaire considers of high im- 

 portance, viz. the anterior acetabula largely open behind, and the 

 complete contiguity of the posterior coxae. The family, however, as 

 it stands at present, is not a satisfactory one, and its learned pro- 

 poser will probably see reasons for modifying it eventually. 



Ischalia hidigacea. (PI. III. fig. 6.) 



I. cyaneo-violacea; antennis pedibusque nigris, illis articulis tribus ultimis 



albis. 

 Hah. Borneo. 



Deep violet-blue ; head and prothorax very minutely pmictured 



(scarcely visible under a strong lens), the latter more or less irregidar ; 



scutellimi small, triangular -, elytra coarsely punctured, rich violet-blue ; 



antennae black, with the last three joints white; legs black; body beneath 



black, with a slight bluish tinge on the breast. Length 3-4 lines. 



The irregularity of the surface of the prothorax varies ; in extreme 



