94 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Additions to 



quadratis approximatis, basi lateribusque plaga magna nivea e 

 squamulis condensatis omatis ; pedibus squamositate alba indutis, 

 setis minoribus interjectis. Long. 1^ lin. 



Hah. South Australia. 



Orplia persimilis. 



0. subdepressa, picea, nitida, rarissime niveo-pilosula ; ( $ ) rostro 

 prothorace duplo longioro, subtiliter lineatim punctulato ; scapo 

 articuloque basali funiculi flavo-testaceis, cseteris clavaque piceis, 

 sparse niveo-pilosis ; prothorace subconico, utrinque rotundato, 

 sat coiifertim tenuiter punctulato, pone apicem constricto ; scu- 

 tello semiorbiculari ; elytris latitudine duplo longioribus, sub- 

 Btriatim punctatis, interstitiis planatis et impunctatis ; corpore 

 infra pedibusque fuscis, sparse albo-pilosis ; unguicuUs flavidis. 

 Long. 1 1-2 lin. 



llab. Sydney. 



Very like 0. flavicornis ; but, besides the absence of pubes- 

 cence, that species has a much coarser punctation, and the 

 elyti-a strongly sulcate, with the intervals finely punctured ; 

 tlie coloration of the antennae is also different. In this species 

 the scrobes are not connivent beneatli, the septum between 

 tliem passing distinctly to the tliroat ; in 0. jiavicornis its 

 form is wedge-shaped, and it terminates at the middle of the 

 scrobes, which at that point become connivent. 



Phrenozemia. 

 Caput conicum, rostro continuatum. OcuU depress!, rotundati, a 

 prothorace distantes. Rostrum cyliudricum, modice elongatum, sat 

 validum, parum arcuatum ; scrobes praemedianse, infra rostrum et 

 ad oculos currentes. Scapus oculum vix attingens ; funiculus 7- 

 articulatus, articulo primo crassiore, secundo longitudine aquali, 

 caeteris brevioribus, duobus ultimis turbinatis ; clava distincta. 

 Prothorax subcyhndricus, margine antico truncatus, basi vix bi- 

 siiuxatus. Scutellurn punctiforrae. Elytra oblonga, prothorace 

 multo latiora, humeris rotundata. Pedes mediocres ; femora in 

 medio incrassata, mutica ; tU)i(t> flpxuosa? ; tarsi articulis tribus 

 basalibus brevibus, tertio vix dilatato, ultimo elongate ; um/ui- 

 culi simplices. Abdomen segmentis tertio quartoque conjunctim 

 secundo brevioribus ; sutura prima arcuata. 



In Lacordaire's tabulation of his '' groupe Eugnomides," one 

 of the five subdivisions of the Erirhinina?, tliis genus would 

 be placed next to OjjhtJialmohorus. These tabulations are 

 generally of an artificial character ; yet it would be often diffi- 

 cult to suggest a better place for the genera than they offer. 

 Such is the case with Phrenozemia, as the rostrum and de- 

 pressed eyes do not allow of an approximation to any genus 

 of the group. In the species described below the scales have 



