136 Major T. Broun on new Oenera and 



from it in the longer head, broader and shorter hind-body, 

 simple elytral apices, and more sombre appearance. 



Length (rost. iucl.) 3| ; breadth 1| line. 



Mount Arthur. One from Mr. T. F. Cheeseman. 



Group Belidae. 

 Pachyura venusta, sp. n. 



Elongate, subcylindrical ; brilliant seneo-viridis, sides of 

 thorax and elytra somewhat rufescent, the head near the 

 eyes and apical margin of thorax metallic red, rostrum 

 purple, legs and antennae fusco-testaceous. 



Rostrum rather shorter than head and thorax combined, 

 slightly and gradually dilated anteriorly ; minutely and 

 distantly punctured near the apex, the base more distinctly 

 yet finely, each puncture with a minute grey seta; antennal 

 insertion close to the base, prominent. Head, eyes included, 

 almost as broad as the middle of thorax, a little narrower 

 behind; its surface closely granulate-rugose. Eyes large, 

 broadly longitudinally oval. Antenna elongate, second 

 joint shorter than first and nearly as stout, joints 3-5 rather 

 slender and elongate, nearly equal to one another, 6 and 7 

 diorter, 8-10 evidently longer and broader and more infus- 

 cate, 11th slightly longer than 10th; these terminal four 

 joints may be termed the club. Thorax about as long as 

 broad, its sides slightly rounded near the middle, more 

 narrowed in front than behind ; there is an ill-defined central 

 line, its sculpture seems like that of the head but is not 

 quite as coarse, or it may be termed punctate with rugose or 

 granulate intervals, either term may be accurate according 

 to the point of view. Scutellum rather small. Elytra 

 cylindrical, very slightly dilated at the shoulders, not at all 

 posteriorly; basal margin obliquely truncate towards the 

 suture ; they are transversely striate-punctate, interstices 

 convex but somewhat irregular; like the head and thorax 

 they are scantily clothed with slender, inconspicuous, greyish 

 hairs. 



A second specimen, found at Clevedon, has a rather 

 longer rostrum, and the elytra are a little broader behind 

 than near the shoulders ; this I consider is the female. The 

 elytra are | of a line in width. 



P. sumptuosa may be distinguished by its larger size, more 

 curvate anterior tibise, by the slight basal depression of the 

 thorax and the one behind the scutellum, as well as by the 



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