146 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera and Species of 



tion. Prothorax transverse, the apex strongly emarginate, 

 sides foliaceous and recurved, disk scarcely convex, the base 

 subtruncate, with the posterior angles narrowly produced. 

 Elytra shortly ovate, broader than the prothorax at their base, 

 shoulders round; epipleurse gradually narrowing posteriorly. 

 Legs rather feeble ; femora slightly thickened, the anterior 

 with trochanters ; tibiae linear, shortly spurred ; tarsi clothed 

 beneath with long, stiff hairs, the middle and posterior with 

 the claw -joint as long, or nearly as long, as the preceding joints 

 together. Presternum elevated, produced above. Mesosternum 

 V-shaped. Metasternum short. Intercoxal process narrowly 

 triangular, obtuse anteriorly. Abdomen with the fourth seg- 

 ment very short, and with the third incurved at the sides. 



This is another of those special forms in which Australia is 

 so prolific ; and therefore there is little to be said respecting its 

 affinities. As may be supposed, it differs in some respects 

 from the characters of the Ccelometopinse as laid down by 

 M. Lacordaire. Many species of this subfamily are Califor- 

 nian, where, according to Dr. Leconte, they are found under 

 the bark of trees. We are ignorant of the habits of the 

 Australian species. 



Brises trachynotoides. PI. XI. fig. 5. 



B. nigro-fusca, opaca ; elytiis granulatis, punctatis, singulis bicos- 



tatis. 



Hah. Champion Bay. 



Opaque blackish brown ; head and prothorax finely and 

 very closely granulate, the granulations more or less confluent; 

 scutellum transverse, pointed at the tip ; elytra moderately 

 convex, irregularly punctured, with the intervals granulate, 

 each elytron with two very marked costse not reaching to the 

 apex ; body beneath pitchy brown, finely but obscurely punc- 

 tured ; antennae and legs dark ferruginous, covered with scat- 

 tered stiffish hairs. Length 1\ lines. 



Asphalus. 

 Subfamily Ccelometopinse. 



Caput ad oculos retraetum. 



Maxilla lobo interiore hamato. 



Tarsi omnes art. ultimo caeteris simul sumptis longiore. 



Head transverse, inserted into the prothorax as far as the 

 eyes ; clypeus separated from the front by an arched line, 

 slightly emarginate anteriorly ; labrum broadly transverse, 

 porrect. Eyes transverse, nearly entire. Antennas rather 



