14 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera and Species of 



truncate. Elytra oblong-ovate, costate, flat above ; epiplenra 

 terminating before the apex, the epipleural fold slightly sinuate, 

 not extending to the shoulder. Legs rather long ; femora and 

 tibiae slightly compressed ; tarsi slender, the anterior in the 

 males rather strongly dilated, the penultimate joint of all sub- 

 bilobed. Sterna and abdomen as in Adelium and Atryphodes. 

 Although this genus has the subbilobed tarsi of Adelium^ its 

 affinity appears to me to be n^dc^^Y Atrypliodes^ on account of 

 its costate elytra, only slightly sinuate epipleural fold, and 

 habit ; in the latter respect it approaches Atryphodes egerius. 

 It is among the most remarkable genera of Tenebrionida?. 

 The earliest specimens of this species which I saw were stated 

 to be from Queensland ; Dr. Howitt, however, gives Kiama as 

 the habitat of the individuals he has kindly sent me. 



Blepegenes aruspex, PL X. fig. 2. 



B. cupreo-fuscus vel -niger, subopaciis ; elytris costis quatiior nitidis. 



Hah. Kiama. 



Dark copper-brown or bronze, sometimes bronze-black, nearly 

 opaque ; head and prothorax impunctate, the latter Avith four 

 fovea3 on the disk, or the lateral fovese are connected and form 

 an irregular longitudinal impression, each side before the mid- 

 dle expanding into a strong triangular spine, subhorizontal or 

 directed a little upwards ; near the base a much smaller spine 

 or tooth, the posterior part of which slopes directly inwards to 

 the base ; scutellum transversely triangular ; elytra more than 

 three times the length of the prothorax, each with four glossy 

 costge, none of them reaching to the apex, the sutural and 

 second costa having a less elevated opaque costa between them, 

 each apex ending in a short diverging mucro ; legs ferruginous 

 brown, shining ; body beneath very glossy, brown ; antennae 

 ferruginous. Length 8-9 lines. 



Byallius. 



Subfamily AdeliikjE. 



AntenncB art. tertio elongate, cylindrico. 



Frons parum convexa, sulci longitudinales nulU. 



Ma^illcB lobo interiore unciformi. 



Elytra obovata, reticulata, plica epipleurali obsoleta. 



Head deeply inserted into the prothorax, the front slightly 

 convex, without any grooves ; the clypeus broadly truncate 

 at the apex, separated from the front by a narrow, distinct, 

 arched line. Eyes transverse, impinged on by the antennary 

 ridges. Antennse filiform ; scape obconic, the third joint cy- 



