62 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Additions to 



intcrstitiis latis, conyexis ; femoribus basi testaceis, infra dentc 

 niinuto acuto instructis. Long. 1 lin. 



Hah. South Australia. 



Smaller and shorter than N. lythri, and very differently 

 coloured. It is the only species of this genus yet recorded 

 from Australia. [JSf. ferrugatus, Blanch., from Tasmania, is 

 referred to Cionus in the Munich Catalogue.] 



Melon terius carinicollis. 

 M. breviter ovalis, fuscus, subopaeus, squamis piliformibus flavican- 

 tibus adspersus ; rostro prothorace sesquilongiore, omnino tenuato, 

 basi seriatim punctato, scrobibus infra rostrum cito currentibus ; 

 antennis ferrugineis ; funiculi articulis duobus basalibus elongatis ; 

 prothorace transverso, antice constricto, fortiter longitudiualiter 

 corrugato, in medio carinato ; elytris cordatis, sidcato -fovea tis, 

 interstitiis carinatis, tertio quintoque magis elevatis ; femoribus 

 minus crassis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Cape York. 



In this very distinct species the ocular lobes are less promi- 

 nent than in the more typical forms. 



Melanterius fugitivus. 



M. obovatus, ferrugineus, squamis ocbraceis dense plagiatim tectus ; 

 rostro prothorace parum breviore, basi crassiore, squamoso ; funi- 

 culi articulis duobus basalibus elongatis ; prothorace modice trans- 

 verso, apice sat subito constricto, in medio minus squamoso ; elytris 

 subtrigonatis, striato-punctatis, punctis rotundatis subapproxi- 

 matis, interstitiis vix convexis ; corpore infra fusco, sparse albido- 

 squamoso ; femoribus dente magno subcylindrico armatis ; tibiis 

 apice baud ampliatis. Long. "2\ lin. 



Hah. Swan River. 



Allied to M. cinnamomeus , but, inter aim, a shorter and 

 stouter rostrum, thicker at the base; the tibiaj longer and 

 straighter, &c. 



Melanterius jloridus. 



M. obovatus, rufo-ferrugineo squamosus, elytris lsete ochraceo-macu- 

 latis ; rostro prothorace breviore, basi vix incrassato ; funiculi 

 articulo basali quam secundo fere duplo longiore ; prothorace 

 transverso, antice vix constricto, basi latiore, confertim punctato ; 

 elytris subcordatis, tenuiter striatis, striis punctis subremotis 

 notatis, interstitiis prsecipue posticis elevatis ; femoribus anticis 

 dente minusculo, posticis dente magno armatis ; tibiis brevibus, 

 compressis, valde flexuosis, apice ampliatis. Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Adelaide. 



Also allied to M. cinnamomeus ; but differently coloured, 



