Ti'iU'brionida' //v>/y^ AiistrnJid <(n<l l\isimiiii(i. 5 



die two similar tiiborclcs, but of a j);i!c hrownisli (•(•Idiii-, like 

 the rest of the disk, except a small black s[M»t on the marL;iii 

 on each side ; scutcllum transversely oblong, scaly ; elytra 

 striato-punctatc, the alternate interstices with small, Ijlackish, 

 wart-like tubercles, which are obscured by irre;i^ular black 

 ])atches, i;ivin<; the elytra a dull brownish fcrru^^inous hue ; 

 body beneath and legs ferruginous, with greyish-yellow scales j 

 tibiie with a black ring in the middle. Length vi,} lines. 



Dr. Ilowitt has also sent mc a specimen of this species, but 

 without a locality. 



G ANY ME. 



Subfamily Ulodinje. 



Antenncp clavatie, art. 3'" quam 4*^*^ longiore. 

 OcuU transversi, angustati. 

 Protlwrax iitrinque fortitcr angiilatus. 



Head small, inserted into the prothorax nearly to the ^y^^^ 

 a little produced in front; clypeus indistinct; antennary ridge 

 very small. Eyes prominent, transverse, narrow throughout. 

 Antennae clavate, the joints, except the last three, surrounded 

 with whorls of stiff hairs ; scape not stouter than the other 

 joints, the third twice as long as the second, and longer than 

 the fourth, the remainder to the eighth becoming gradually 

 shorter, ninth and tenth transverse, eleventh rounded,disc<doured, 

 the last three forming a short pubescent club. Oral organs ap- 

 parently as in Ulodes^ but the labium less transverse and more 

 decidedly quadrate. Prothorax short, transverse, apex strongly 

 emarginate, each side expanding into a broad pointed angle 

 extending from the apex to the base, and fringed with short, 

 curved, stoutish hairs ; the base broadly lobed ; the disk slightly 

 convex, irregular. Elytra rather short, nnich broader than 

 the prothorax, convex, slightly irregular, not costate, broadest at 

 the base, the shoulders rounded and prominent. Legs shortish ; 

 tarsi slender, slightly hairy beneath, the posterior claw-joint 

 not so long as the rest together ; anterior coxa3 globose, not 

 approximate. Prosternum fiat. Metasternum moderately long. 



A well-marked genus, on account of its peculiar prothorax 

 and clavate antennae. In colour and clothing the species de- 

 scribed below bears a striking resemblance to Lemodes coccinea. 

 Boh., an anomalous form supposed to belong to the Pyro- 

 chroidje, common in fungi under the bark of decaying trees in 

 Victoria. Bohtophagm Happhira^ Newm.*, is another mem- 

 ber of this genus, larger and more brightly coloured, with the 

 suture and borders of the elytra black. 



* Entoni. i. p. 10-J. 



