]i(iviswn of (he Tanynliynchinaj. 17 



Type B. vittatus, sp. n. 



This genus is extremely similar to SympiezorrhyncJius, 

 but in this latter the head is separated from the rostrum by 

 an imjjressed line, the episterual suture of the metasternum 

 is quite distinct in the basal half, the posterior coxa? do not 

 reach the elytra, the apical margin of tlie first abdominal 

 segment is slightly sinuate, and finally the scrobe is con- 

 tinued backwards as a narrow curved furrow, quite distinct 

 from the broad lateral impression of the rostrum. 



The following is the only species at present known : — 



1. Bicodes vittatus^ sp. n. 



Long. 3-4i, lat. U-2h mm. 



Piceus, laete viridi- aut aureo-viridi-squamosus ; prothorax vittis 

 duabus fuscis dorsalibus latis male deliiiitis; elytra interstitiis 

 1 at 4 et 5 a basi ultra medium fusco-squaraosis. 



Caput convexum, fronte lata, in medio stria minuta instructa, 

 oculis lateralibus convexis. Rostrum dorso subelevatum, supra 

 fere planum, nee carinatum nee canaliculatuin. Antcuiue 

 ferrugineae, viridi-squamosae. Prothorax paulum latior (piam 

 longior, lateribus leviter rotundatus, prope basin latior, antice 

 attenuatus ; supra convexus, punctis parvis confiuentibus 

 (a squamis densis omuiuo conditis) undique obsitus, sed margiue 

 antico glabro impunctato. Elytra ovata, lateribus fortiter 

 rotuudata, prope medium latiora, punctato-striata, interstitiis 

 latis subplanis sub squamositate nitidis et subtiliter coriaceis. 

 Pedes ferruginei, viridi-squamosi. 



Natal : Frere [G. A. K. M.). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



3. LlPOTHYKKA, PaSC. 

 Lipothyrea, Pasc. Anu. & Mag. N. H. (5) ix. p. 375 (1882), 



This genus was placed by Pascoe in the Leptopides, but it 

 entirely lacks the mandibular scar, which is very well 

 developed in the typical members of that group. It is 

 certainly in a far more natural position among tlie Tanyrrhyn- 

 chinse. There is only one species. 



1. Lipothyrea chloris, Pasc. /. c. 



Australia: Port Bowen. 

 Type in the British Museuui. 



4. Zeugorygjia, ^Isl 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, 



Ann. d- Mmj. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. i. 



Zeuyorygmo, Wslil. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, ii. p. 92.3. — Tvthj Z. Iiirln, 

 Mshl. 



