490 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-hnown 



alia, from Isomira. The four anterior tarsi have all their joints 

 furnished with lamellae, except of course the claw -joint ; the posterior 

 have only the penultimate joint lamellate ; but these are of scarcely 

 sufficient importance as generic characters. 



Hljhrenia insularis. 



If. brunneo-ferniginea, pube grisea sparsa ; elytris striate -punctatis, uni- 

 coloribus ; antennis fuscis. 



Mab. Lizard Island (Northern Australia). 



Brownish ferruginous ; the elytra paler, clothed with short sparse 

 semidecumbent grey hairs ; head scarcely longer than broad, the lip 

 produced ; antennae dark browTi, slender, about two-thirds the length 

 of the body ; prothorax transverse, truncate at the apex and base, 

 rounded at the sides, and finely margined, narrower anteriorly, the 

 posterior angle not produced ; scutellum triangular ; elytra oblong- 

 ovate, the broadest part behind the middle, not broader at the base 

 than the base of the elytra, striate-punctate, the intervals between the 

 striae somewhat transversely punctured ; body beneath reddish chestnut, 

 finely punctured ; legs brownish, with grey hairs. Length 6 lines. 



Hyhrenia vittata. 



H. rufo-brunnea, pube grisea sparsa j elytris striato-punctatis, sutura 

 vittisque duabus viridescentibus ; antennis rufescentibus, fusco annu- 

 latis. 



Hah. Port Albany (Northern Australia). 



Light reddish bro\vn, with a sparse greyish pubescence ; head and 

 prothorax as in the last ; antennae pale reddish or tawny, all the joints 

 except the first two, dark brown at the apex ; elytra narrower than in 

 the last, striate-punctate, the intervals between the striae somewhat 

 transversely punctured, the suture and two dark-greenish stripes on 

 each, neither of them extending to the apex, and the antennae com- 

 mencing at some distance from the shoulder ; body beneath brownish 

 chestnut, shining ; legs tawny ; femora and tibiae with a large dark- 

 brown blotch on each, except on the posterior tibiae. Length 6 lines. 



CHROMOMiEA [Cistelidae]. 

 Caput antice subproductum. Lahrum rotundatinn. Mandihulce elongatae. 

 Oculi mediocres^ distantes. Paljn 7naxillares elongati, art. ult. cultri- 

 formi, lahialium breviter triangulari. Antennce bre\ iiisculae, art. primo 

 gracili, tertio elongate, cseteris obconicis. Prothorax oblongus, fere 

 parallehis, ad latera tenuiter marginatus, basi truncatus. Elytra t^yo- 

 thorace latiora, oblongo-ovata. Pedes mediocres; tihice rectae, valide 

 calcaratae ; tarsi antici et intermedii paulo dilatati, art. ult. duobus 

 praecedentibus longiore, postici graciles, art. ult. elongate. Prosternum 

 elevatum. Mesostcrmon declive. Processus interfemoralis anguste 

 triauiiularis. 



