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pan ding again, and ceasing a little before the apex. The thorax has 

 but little pubescence, and is armed at the side with only a short 

 obtuse angular prominence, and there are numerous coarse, deep 

 punctures on the middle, and two slight prominences. The elytra 

 have a very obscure elevation of the surface on each side near the 

 base ; they possess numerous deep punctures on the basal portion ; 

 these extend backwards along the sides nearly to the extremity ; 

 behind the termination of the pale portion there is a minute eleva- 

 tion, covered with dense black velvety pile ; the posterior part of the 

 pale colour is denned in front by a minute line of black pile, and 

 there is an obscure obtuse elevation behind the middle, near the 

 suture. The slender basal portion of the femur, unlike the other 

 parts, is not maculate. 

 Greymouth. Helms. 



2277. T. sellata,.s. (Sharp; Trans. Ent. Soc., 1882, Part i., 

 p. 95.) Sat elongata fere gracilis, nigricans, pube variegata vestita, 

 elytris ante medium plaga pallidiore oblique descendente, pedibus arti- 

 culisque 1-4 antennarum maculatis, harum articulis 5-10 nigro-fuscis, 

 singulo ad basin late pallide-annulato ; elytris utrinque pone scutel- 

 lum tuberculo parum elevato, singulo ad apicem rotundato ; antennis 

 pedibusque fere gracilibus. 



Long., ll-12mm. 



Eyes comparatively little separated on the vertex. Thorax 

 with large lateral prominence, and with broad tubercle on each 

 side of the middle. Scutellum clothed with black pile. Each wing- 

 case has an obscure elevation near the base, and numerous large 

 punctures about the scutellurn ; the lateral portions are also a good 

 deal punctate ; the surface is variegate with obscurely-coloured 

 down, and there is a patch of pale colour descending obliquely from 

 behind the shoulder, and meeting its fellow of the opposite side just 

 in front of the middle. The legs are rather slender, and bear only a 

 few erect white setae. 



Greymouth. Helms. 



This departs from the typical species by the form of the apices of 

 the elytra, and by the eyes being less separated on the vertex, but it 

 cannot with advantage be separated at present as a distinct genus, 

 especially as it bears a great general resemblance to T. discedens. 

 The colour of the down on the scutellum, independently of more 

 important characters, permits it to be distinguished at a glance from 

 T. discedens. 



1440. T. discedens, n.s. (Sharp : Trans. Ent. Soc., 1882, 

 Part i. , p. 95.) Pube variegata, ex parte majore f usco-olivacea, vestita, 

 elytris pone basin plaga magna communi pallidiore, antennis pedi- 

 busque conspicue maculatis, abdomine utrinque flavo-maculato ; pro- 

 thorace in medio plaga nuda, nitida ; elytris utrinque pone scutelium 

 tuberculo elevato, etiam ad medium et 'ante apicem penicilla parva 

 instructis. 



Long., ll-13rnm. 



