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



base^ then rounded, gradually narrower to the apex, finely 

 seriate-punctate, punctures close, the intervals of the rows 

 wide, sparsely and very minutely punctured ; body beneath 

 glossy greenish black ; legs black. Length 7 lines. 



Amarygmus semissis. 



A. breviter ovalis, modice convexus, niger, nitidus ; antennis art. 4 

 ultimis tarsisque fulvo-ferrugineis ; elytris leviter striato-punc- 

 tatis. 



Hah, Kiama. 



Shortly oval, black, nitid, moderately convex ; head scarcely 

 concave in front ; eyes moderately approximated ; antennai 

 slender, the two basal joints glossy ferruginous, the last four 

 pubescent, tawny ferruginous, opaque ; prothorax small, not 

 broad at the base, minutely punctured ; scutellum triangular ; 

 elytra striate-punctate, the stride shallow, the punctures rather 

 fine, the interstices of the stri^ very minutely and sparsely 

 punctured; body beneath and legs glossy brownish black, 

 tarsi tawny ferruginous. Length 4 lines. 



This species is allied to the following, but, inter alia^ has a 

 broader and less elliptic outline, and is much less convex. 



Amarygmus elUpsoides. 



A. breviter elliptico- ovalis, sat fortiter convexus, fusco-niger, nitidus; 

 elytris viridi-nigris, leviter striato-punctatis. 



Hob. Queensland. 



Shortly elliptic oval, rather strongly convex, brownish 

 black, shining ; the elytra greenish black, without reflections ; 

 head scarcely concave in front, a little depressed along the 

 clypeal groove ; eyes not approximate ; antenna glossy ferru- 

 ginous, long, slender, the last joint narrowly oblong ; prothorax 

 small, rather narrow at the apex, very minutely punctured ; 

 scutellum triangular ; elytra striate-punctate, the stria3 shallow, 

 the punctures rather fine, the interstices obsoletely punctured ; 

 body beneath and femora glossy brownish black ; tarsi slender 

 and, with the tibia?, ferruginous. Length 4 J lines. 



Amarygmus suturalis. 



A. breviter ovalis, sat fortiter convexus, aterrimus, nitidus ; elytris 

 purpureo-cupreis in fusca mutantibus, sutura viridi, fortiter 

 striato-punctatis . 



llab. Swan River. 



Shortly oval, rather strongly convex, deep glossy black ; 

 the elytra purplish-copper changing to brown, the suture bright 



