60 Major T. Broun on new Genera and 



coxes contiguous. Metasternuin short. Mandibular scar 

 present. 



The typical specimen partakes of the structure of Platyo- 

 mida and Inophloeus, but cannot be located in either of these 

 genera. 



Thesius inophlceoides, sp. n. 



Opaque, fuscous, densely covered with small, depressed, 

 obscure squamae intermingled with paler and brighter thick 

 setse ; antennae and tarsi ferrugineous. 



Rostrum with a central but not sharply defined ridge. 

 Thorax widest before the middle, distinctly narrowed ante- 

 riorly, truncate at apex, base slightly curvate; disk very 

 uneven, with a basal and three frontal depressions and inter- 

 vening elevations, all more or less irregular, its punctuation 

 concealed, Sciitellum small. Elytra oblong, much nar- 

 rowed and declivous behind, distinctly wider than thorax at 

 the base, their sides not quite straight, the shovilders being 

 a little oblique and prominent ; there are also two small 

 nodiform prominences just behind the posterior femora; disk 

 slightly transversely convex ; there are two longitudinal 

 basal elevations and a series of four nodosities on the summit 

 of the posterior declivity, which is not at all flattened, being 

 obtusely ridged along the suture ; the dorsum is slightly 

 uneven, with small inequalities, but the covering obscures 

 all other sculpture, though some coarse irregular punctures 

 are visible. 



Scape dull, with some outstanding setse, very gradually 

 thickened, but not clavate, towards the extremity. Funiculus 

 shining, finely and sparingly setose, second joint as long as 

 the elongate basal one ; 4-7 obconical, gradually decreasing 

 in length, none elongate ; club very elongate, oval, tri- 

 articulate. 



Underside fuscous, with fine greyish-testaceous vestiture. 



Length (rost. incl.) 3j; breadth 1^ line. 



Broken River. One. 



j\lr. J. H. Lewis has proved that hitherto our knowledge 

 of the Coleopterous fauna of that district had been very 

 meagre indeed. 



Catoptes limbatus, sp. n. 



Suboblong, opaque, fuscous ; antennae and tarsi reddish ; 

 squaraosity dense, fine, and variegate ; thoracic disk fuscous, 

 the sides tawny grey ; on each elytron from the base to top 



