Genera and Species of Coleopteni. 363 



Mesolita trcoisrcrsa. (PI. XVII. f. 7.) 

 31. pubescent, fuliginosa, scutfllo elytrisque basi ciiiereis, his fascia trans- 

 versa liiuata apicem versus alba. 

 Hab. Queensland. 



Pubescent, smoky bro^\^l ; head nearly quadrate in front ; prothorax 

 broadly ovate, its posterior marg-in narrowest ; scutellum rather large, 

 triano-ular, .cinereous ; elytra contracted at the baae, gradually swelling 

 out above and at the sides, attiiining its greatest size at rather within 

 two-thirds their length, the basal portion dull cinereous, separated from 

 the rest by a shai-ply angled or zigzag line, a crescent-shaped white 

 band on the posterior third, the apex simply acuminate ; legs rather 

 robust ; femora slender at the base ; the tibiaj slightly ciliated internally, 

 the intermediate and posterior tibi?e also ciliated externally at the apex ; 

 body beneath pitchy, with a greyish pubescence ; antennae with the 

 foui-th to the seventh joints inclusive cinereous at the base. Length 

 2^ lines. 



Mesolita lineolata. 



31. pubescens, fusca, auro lineolata; elytris basi granulatis; antennis 

 feiTugineis. 



Hab. Queensland. 



Dark brown, pubescent ; head in front somewhat transverse, epistome 

 and lip rusty brown, eye bordered with pale-yellowish hairs ; prothorax 

 very slightly contracted at the base and anteriorly, its disk with four 

 yellow linear spots (placed ; ;), and another on each side ; scutelkmi 

 triangular, dull yellow ; elytra contracted at the base, the largest portion 

 at about two-thirds the length, with several fine, golden-yellow, inter- 

 rupted lines, the apex spined ; legs rather robust, femora less clavate, 

 but the tibise ciliated as in the last ; body beneath pitchy ; antennae 

 and palpi ferruginous. Length 5 lines. 



Callidium [Cerambycidse]. 

 Fabricius, Syst. Entom. p. 187 (1775). 



Callidium inscriptum. 



C. testaceum nigro pictum, parce pilosimi; prothorace breviter ovato, 

 postice constricto j elj-tris dense punctatis, nigro fasciatis ; femoribus 

 clavatis, fen-ugineis, basi pallidis. 



Hab. Queensland. 



Testaceous, varied with black, with long, scattered, very pale hairs ; 

 head short, slightly ferruginous, a darker patch on the vertex; eyes 

 large, black ; palpi ferruginous ; tips of the mandibles black ; antennae 

 longer than the body, the two basal joints entirely, the remainder at 

 the apex, ferruginous ; prothorax shortly ovate, contracted behind, very 

 minutely punctm*ed, a short black dash on each side at the base ; scu- 



