species of Setc-ZeithxtuJ Cuhoptcra, 1')) 



flniifjate on tliu thorax, ami tlicro is no carina in tlic inctlian 

 iltprcssion, &c. 



I'niiersidf picooiis. with pjroyisli-ytllow sctiform ncalu* ; 

 Imsal ventral sc«j;iiu'nt l)roatlly lUprossi-d, ch-cply and coarsrly 

 hut not closely imiutured ; the intervals di-nscly and very 

 njiiiutely sculptured, the fifth sli;;litly rufesecnt, its punctua- 

 tion ratlier sluillow ; it is not visil)ly depressed at the Hides. 



Leiij^th (rost. cxcl.) 1 ; breadth ^uite ^ line. 



Brokcu River {Mr. J. II. Lewis). 



Mesoreda sulcifrons, sp. n. 



Elongate, subohlot^g, convex, piceo-rufous; densely covered 

 with somewhat elougate scales, dark brown, tawny, or nearly 

 white. 



liosinnn rather lon<j:er than thorax, moderately slender, 

 parallel, liardly at all arched above ; apical portion with a 

 lew fine punctures and slender hairs, but appearing nude; 

 the basal portion closely punctured and covered witii tawny 

 scales. Thora.v a good deal contracted and a little depressed 

 in front, distinctly and very closely jjunetate, the intervals 

 narrow and somewhat rugose ; most of the squamosity dark, 

 but witli a large grey patch near each hind angle ; there is a 

 narrow longitudinal median ridge ; the apical scales are 

 slightly raised, but do not form distinct crests; its base is 

 strongly l)isinuatc. Srutdlutii greyish. Ely Ira oblong and 

 of about the same width as the thorax till near the apex ; 

 they are striate, with numerous minute punctures on the 

 interstices, which seem more or less rugose ; the sutural area 

 from the base to near the middle bears many white s(|uanuu 

 with slightly elevated, broad, fuscous borders ; pallid scales 

 also form a sort of interrupted arch behind the basal area, 

 and extending from one shoulder to the other; there is a 

 transverse patch on the hind declivity; the rest of their 

 surface is covered with dark or tawny squamuj and short, 

 coarse, erect sctaj. 



Antenna: rather slender ; scape nearly glabrous ; funiculus 

 elongate, basal joint subpyrilorm, joints 2-7 gradually 

 inerassate, seventh very transvi-rsc, so that the long articu- 

 lated club is not very oljviously marked off. Femora laterally 

 compressed, notched near the extremity, but not distinctly 

 dentate below. Tibiee slightly Hexu(ms, the two hind pairs 

 slightly prominent externally near the base anil extremity. 

 Tarsi with greyish set;e. 



iJitlercutiated from M. ortkorlimu ( l('>2r>) by an elongate 



