98 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Additions to 



The outline of this species is somewhat different from that of 

 T. asper and its congeners. One of the latter from Java, and 

 a very near ally, has coarsely facetted eyes. A good generic 

 character may be found occasionally to be only of specific 

 value. 



Imaliodes nodulosus. 



1. ovatus, niger, squamulis griseis suberectis sat dense tectus ; rostro 

 capite fere duplo longiore; antennis piceis; funiculo articulis 

 duobus basalibus longitudine aequalibus, tertio quartoque con- 

 jiinctim pnecedente brevioribus; prothorace utrinque fortiter 

 rotundato, antice valde constrieto; scutello transverse; elytris 

 breviter ovatis, sulcato-punctatis, interstitiis, posticis exceptis, 

 nodis elevatis 2-4 singulatim munitis ; femoribus modice incras- 

 satis, anticis dente minuto instructis ; tarsis articiilo ultimo sub- 

 testaceo, sparse piloso. Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. Rockhampton. 



This species differs from its two congeners in having a 

 small but distinct scutellum, and in its nodulose elytra. 



Deassicus. 



Caput inter oculos subplanatum ; rostrum mediocre, validum ; scrobes 

 prifimediansD, laterales. Scopus breviusculus, oculum baud attin- 

 gens ; funiculus 7-articulatus, articulis duobus basalibus longiori- 

 bus, cseteris subturbinatis ; clava distincta. Prothorax subconicus, 

 apice productus, utrinque paulo rotundatus, basi truncatus vel 

 perparum bisinuatus, lobis ocularibus distinctis. Elytra ovata, 

 basi prothorace hand latiora, humeris nullis. Pedes validi ; 

 femora modice crassa, postica brevia ; tibiae breves, rectse ; tarsi 

 breves, articulo tertio late bilobo ; unguiculi liberi. Mima pecto- 

 ralis pone coxas antieas terminata, apice fornicata. Abdomen 

 segmento secundo amplo. 



This genus differs from Tragopus in its short legs and thick 

 femora, and from Imaliodes in the elytra not projecting beyond 

 the prothorax at the base. 



Drassicus nigricornis. PI. I. fig. 3. 



D. ovatus, convexus, niger, squamis griseis sat dense omnino tectus, 

 aliis nigris erectis adspersus ; rostro capite plus duplo longiore, 

 versus apicem evidenter latiore ; antennis piceo-nigris ; funiculo 

 articulis duobus basalibus sequahbus, reliquis conjunctim fere 

 longioribus ; prothorace in medio rotundato, antice cito, postice 

 gradatim paulo angustiore, basi perparum bisinuato, lobis ocula- 

 ribus prominulis ; elytris orbiculato-ovatis, seriatim grosse punc- 

 tatis, punctis plerumque squama antice laxe instructis ; femoribus 

 anticis dente minuto arraatis. Long. 3^ lin. 



Hab. Queensland. 



