456 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or litfle-hiown 



lunar line ; antennae shorter than the breadth of tlie head, imperfoliate ; 

 prothorax finely punctured, the apex rather strongly emarginate ; scu- 

 tellum broadly triangular ; elytra punctate-striate, the striae sharply 

 defined, the intervals minutely punctured ; body beneath and legs dull 

 testaceous or black ; tibiae and tarsi roughly ciliated. Length 2 ^ -3 

 lines. 



EcRiPSis [Trachyscelinoe]. 



Characteres ut in Ammobio, sed pal2n maxillares securiformes ; antenncB 

 longiores. Tarsi articulo ultimo elongato. 



The securiform palpi are an exception to the rest of the Trachy- 

 scelin?e, except S^liargeris; the unusual length of the last tarsal joint 

 will, however, distinguish this genus from all the others of the sub- 

 family. 



Ecripsis puhescens. 

 E. rufo-testacea, disperse griseo-pubescens. 

 Hob. Tasmania. 



Shortly ovate, reddish testaceous, with a pubescence composed of 

 short scattered hairs ; head covered with small crowded granules ; 

 clypeus separated from the front by a well-marked semicircular line ; 

 antennae as long as the breadth of the head ; prothorax minutely and 

 closely granulose ; scutellum very broadly triangular ; elytra nearly 

 impunctate, the sides with the pubescence more setose and elongate ; 

 body beneath and legs reddish testaceous, sparingly pubescent; tibiae 

 granulose, the anterior with the outer apical portion triangular, with a 

 comparatively slight emargination above. Length If line. 



IsARiDA [Trachyscelinae]. 

 Oculi detect!. I'rothorax basi lobatus. Tibics intermediae et posticae 

 lineares, ciliatas ; tarsis propriis elongatis. Prosternum declive, haud 

 lanciforme, mesosterno distinctum. Caeteris ut in Ammobio, sed corpus 

 minus convexum. 



From Anemia this genus, like Ammohius, will be distinguished, 

 inter alia, by its retractile anterior tarsi : the principal characters 

 separating it from the latter lie in the four posterior tibiae and tarsi, 

 and the prosternum. 



Isarida testacea. 

 I. fulvo-testacea, glabra, subnitida ; elytris subtiliter granulato-punctatis. 

 Jfab. India (Dacca). 



Fulvous-testaceous, glabrous, subnitid ; head finely punctured ; 

 clypeus nearly confounded with the front, angularly emarginate ; 

 length of the antennae scarcely half the width of the head ; prothorax 

 finely punctured, very transverse, lobed at the base ; scutellum broadly 

 triangular ; elytra finely granulato-punctate, bordered, as well as the 

 prothorax, witli long bristly hairs at regular intervals ; body beneath 



