290 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera and Sjiectes of 



Hectus anthracinus. PI. XII. fig. 6. 



//. modiee convexus,seneo-niger, nitidissimus ; elytris vage et sparse 

 punctatis. 



Hah. Rockhampton. 



Moderately convex, not depressed, brassy black, very glossy ; 

 head and prothorax finely punctured, anterior angles of the 

 latter strongly produced and acuminate ; scutellum nearly 

 equilaterally triangular ; elytra a little broader than the pro- 

 thorax at the base, their sides slightly parallel, not broader 

 behind, sparingly and irregularly punctured, the punctures of 

 moderate size ; body beneath and legs brownish black, very 

 glossy ; antenna dark ferruginous. Length 6 lines. 



L&pi&pilus * Stygian us. 



L. niger, nitidus ; prothorace brevi, valde transverso, angulis anticis 

 haud producto, rotundato. 



Hob. "Alps of Victoria." 



Entirely black, glabrous, shining ; head small compara- 

 tively ; clypeus not distinctly separated from the front, its 

 punctures not more crowded than those on the rest of the 

 head ; prothorax short, very transverse, minutely punctured, 

 anterior angles not produced, broadly rounded ; scutellum 

 equilaterally triangular ; elytra large, very convex, much 

 broader behind (probably in $ only) , with rather fine punctures 

 irregularly crowded, and here and there almost obliterated, 

 with no traces of lines or foveated impressions ; body beneath 

 and legs glabrous and glossy, the tibise thickly punctured and 

 strongly dilated at the tips. Length 10 lines. 



Radically distinct from its only congener (L. suleicottw, 

 Hope) in its colour, sculpture, absence of pubescence, and 

 form of prothorax. My specimen appears to be a female. 



Altes. 



Subfamily Cyphaleinx:. 



Corpus longe pilosum. 



Antenna} breves, art. duobus penultimis transversis. 

 Tibial lineares, ant. et interm. haud calcaratae. 

 Tarsi postici art. basali breviusculo. 



These characters separate this genus from Chartopteryx, 

 Westw., to which I had doubtfully referred the species (C. bi- 

 nodosa) constituting its type. It is perhaps the most remark- 

 able of all the CyphaleinEe, on account of the large hump at 

 the base of each elytron, precisely as in the Brazilian genera 



* Westwood, Arcan. Ent. i. 44. 



