322 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or Vittle-hiown 



Ino [Cucujidae]. 

 Laporte de Castelnau, Etud. Entom. p. 135. 



Ino ephijppiata. (PI. XYI. fig. 9.) 

 /. nigTa, nitida; elytris disco pallide flavescente, abdominis segnienta 



tria ultima liaiid obtegentibus. 

 Hah. Dorey (New Guinea). 



Deep glossy black ; bead and protborax about equal in breadth, finely 

 punctured, the latter very mucb contracted at the base ; antennae balf 

 as long as the body, black, the basal joints paler ; palpi pale brown ; 

 scutellum black, transversely ovate; elytra narrowed at the base, 

 gradually widening posteriorly, where they are as broad as long, the 

 sides straight, the disk with a large pale-yellow spot occuppng nearly 

 the whole of the base, except the shoulder, and expanding below the 

 middle towards the side ; part of the third and fourth and fifth abdo- 

 minal segments dull black, not covered by the elytra ; legs light glossy- 

 brown, tarsi testaceous ; body beneath paler. Length 1| line. 



Ino trepida. 



I. fusca, nitida ; elytris singulis flavescente unimaculatis, abdominis seg- 

 menta quatuor ultima baud obtegentibus. 



Hah. Dorey (New Guinea). 



Dark olivaceous brown, shining ; head and prothorax equal in breadth, 

 finely punctured ; antennae about one-third the length of the body, the 

 two basal joints yellow, the remainder black ; scutellum and el}i:ra as 

 in the last, but the yellow spot on the latter is smaller, nearly round, 

 and situated below the middle and towards the outer margin ; abdo- 

 men dark brown, shining, the last four segments not covered by the 

 elytra ; legs olivaceous brown, the tarsi paler, inclining to testaceous. 

 Length 1| line. 



Ino is a very singular genus, and was placed by M. de Castelnau 

 among the Staphylinidse, after Antliohium. The species described 

 by him (J. picta) from Madagascar has slightly elevated lines on the 

 elytra, and it is possible that the two described above may hereafter 

 form another genus. 



Phenace [Dasytidae]. 

 Head short, rounded in front, the epistome and lip concealed beneath its 

 margin. Eyes large, prominent, entire. Antennae filifoim, distant, 

 arising below the eyes, the first joint rather short, obconic, the second 

 very short, the remainder to the tenth longer and subequal, the last 

 longest of all. Maxillary palpi long, the terminal joint fusiform. 

 Mandibles long, slender. Prothorax rounded at the sides. Elytra 

 broader than the prothorax, elongate. Legs slender ; tibiae spurred ; 

 tarsi very long, the basal joint longer than the second. 



In general appearance this genus has a wonderfully striking re- 



