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



covered above with long black erect hairs ; head and prothorax 

 finely and closely punctured ; clypeus not distinct from the 

 front ; prothorax transverse, convex, rounded at the sides and 

 anterior angles, the posterior acuminate ; scutellum inconspi- 

 cuous ; elytra scarcely broader than the prothorax, subnitid, 

 the punctures mostly irregular, or with slight indications of 

 rows, crowded, the intervals rugose ; body beneath dark brown, 

 closely punctured ; antennse and legs ferruginous ; tibiae slightly 

 compressed, gradually dilated downwards, the outer edge 

 shortly spined; tarsi with longish hairs beneath. Length 

 If line. 



Brises. 

 Subfamily Coelometofin^, 

 Caput ad oculos retractum. 

 Maxilloe lobo interiore mutico. 

 Prothorax lateribus fohaceis. 



Head transverse, inserted into the prothorax as far as the 

 eyes ; antennary ridges dilated ; clypeus broad, separated from 

 the front by a slightly arched line, strongly emarginate in 

 front. Eyes transverse, entire. Antennae small, thicker out- 

 wards ; third joint elongate ; fourth, fifth, and sixth obconic ; 

 seventh to the tenth submoniliform, the last obovate. Mentum, 

 as well as the labium, transverse, broader and truncate ante- 

 riorly. Maxillary lobes small, the inner short and unarmed. 

 Palpi gradually thicker outwards ; the maxillary with a short 

 basal joint, second as long as the two following together, the 

 last narrowly triangular ; the labial with a basilateral inser- 

 tion. Prothorax transverse, the apex strongly emarginate, 

 sides foliaceous and recurved, disk scarcely convex, the base 

 subtruncate, with the posterior angles narrowly produced. 

 Elytra shortly ovate, broader than the prothorax at their base, 

 shoulders round; epipleurae gradually narrowing posteriorly. 

 Legs rather feeble ; femora slightly thickened, the anterior 

 with trochanters ; tibia3 linear, shortly spurred ; tarsi clothed 

 beneath with long, stifi" hairs, the middle and posterior with 

 the claw-joint as long, or nearly as long, as the preceding joints 

 together. Prosternum elevated, produced above. Mesosternum 

 V-shaped. Metasternum short. Intercoxal process narrowly 

 triangular, obtuse anteriorly. Abdomen with the fourth seg- 

 ment very short, and with the third incurved at the sides. 



This is another of those special forms in which Australia is 

 so prolific ; and therefore there is little to be said respecting its 

 affinities. As may be supposed, it differs in some respects 

 from the characters of the Coelometopin^e as laid down by 

 M. Lacordaire. Many species of this subfamily are Califor- 



