22 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some neiu or Uttle-Jcnown 



shorter; prothorax finely punctured, much broader than long, con- 

 siderably rounded at the anterior angles, the sides gradually but slightly 

 narrowing posteriorly, a shallow fovea on each side in front ; scutellum 

 dark copper-brown; elytra seriate-punctate, the punctures coarse, 

 rather elongate, the sides parallel for about two-thirds of their length, 

 then slightly rounded and gradually tapering to the apex ; body be- 

 neath and legs dark brown or black, with a tinge of reddish, especially 

 on the femora; posterior tarsi with the basal joint longer than the rest 

 together. Length 6 lines. 



There are very few species of this genus described in comparison 

 to those in collections ; and none, I believe, from Australia. I do 

 not know anything to which the one here described can be assimi- 

 lated, except one from Mysol, which, however, has only a certain 

 similarity of outline. 



Campolene [Tenebrionidee]. 



Caput subexsertum, antice dilatatum, postice paullo constrictum. OcuU 

 parvi, emarginati. Antennce breves, claviformes. Tihice curvatse, mu- 

 ticse. Prosternum antice constrictum, postice subhorizontale, incurvato- 

 productum. Mesosternum declinatum, antice triangulari excavatum. 



These characters are intended to be contrasted with those of 

 Chariotheca and Titcena, between which, I believe, this genus should 

 be placed. The unarmed tibise, and the partially horizontal and 

 then incurved posterior portion of the prosternum, terminating in a 

 short triangular process very imperfectly received in the correspond- 

 ing notch of the mesosternum, will distinguish it from the former : 

 while in Titcena the anterior portion of the presternum is so con- 

 tracted that it forms a mere line in front of the two cotyloid cavities, 

 so that the head in repose rests on the coxae, this part has the 

 normal form in Campolene. There are also other differential cha- 

 racters which it is not necessary to mention now. In habit Campo- 

 lene resembles Helops. 



Campolene nitida. (PI. II. fig. 4.) 



C. elongato-ovata, nigra, nitida ; prothorace subtiliter, elytris seriatim 

 punctatis ; pedibus rufo-ferrugineis. 



Hab. New South Wales. 



Elongate-ovate, black, shining ; head finely punctured, slightly con- 

 tracted behind the eyes, expanded and a little concave anteriorly, the 

 lip nearly hidden beneath the clypeus; antennae shorter than the pro- 

 thorax, the third and fourth joints longest, the rest becoming gradually 

 shorter, broader, and more compressed, the last largest and nearly cir- 

 cular; eyes small, lateral, emarginate in front; terminal joint of 



