44 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some neiu or little-known 



in drying appearing acuminate at the apex), very minutely punctured 

 with small granular points principally on the basal half, and sparingly 

 covered with short stiffish hairs (invisible except under the lens) ; 

 antennae about half the length of the body, the foiu* basal joints yellow, 

 the remainder dark bro^vTi ; legs slender, coxae and femora testaceous- 

 yellow, tibiae and tarsi broAvn ; body beneath black, breast and sides of 

 the abdomen pale yellow. Length 6 lines. 



Dascylltis [Dascyllidse]. 

 Latreille, Precis de Carac. gen. des Ins. p. 43. 



Dascyllus congruus. 



D. elliptico-ovatus, fusco-piceus, griseo-pilosus ; antennarum articidis 

 subcylindraceis. 



Hab. North China. 



Ovate-elliptical, pitchy-brown, everywhere covered with shoi-t, coarse 

 gi'eyish hairs ; scutellimi broadly cordate ; joints of the antennae nearly 

 cylindrical (particularly the last seven). Length 6 lines. 



Closely allied to the European B. cervinus, but larger and more 

 robust, the thorax a little longer, the scutellum less transverse, and 

 the joints of the antennae more cylindrical, or rather less contracted 

 at the base. 



CYLrDRUS [Cleridae]. 

 Latreille, Fam. Nat. p. 354. 



Cylidrus centralis. 



C. piceus ; plaga magna fulva communi medio elytrorum ; pedibus '^ua- 

 tuor posticis testaceo variis. 



Hab. Moreton Bay. 



Pitchy-brown, very glossy ; head and prothorax finely punctured ; 

 elytra minutely punctured in rows, a large, nearly median fulvous-yeUow 

 patch commo^ to both ; palpi and four or five basal joints of the antennae 

 fulvous ; middle and posterior legs, especially the latter, testaceous, 

 slightly varied with brown. Length 3 lines. 



C. nigrinus, from Tasmania, is, I believe, the only species of this 

 widely diffused genus hitherto described from the Australian pro- 

 vince. 



Cylidrus alcyoneus. 



C. cyaneus ; capite chalybeo-atro ; femoribus testaceis ; antennis nigris, 



basi palpisque fuhds. 

 TIab. New Guinea (Dorey). 



Rather narrower than C cyanevs, Fab., and very glossy ; head bluish- 



