tJie Coleopterous Family Eroti/lidce. (25) 401 



Port Nicholson, New Zealand (Parry). 



Antennae with the 3rd joint short, club loose, perf<»liate, eyes 

 not vei-y coarse. 



Thallis? insueta, sp. n. 



Obscure rufo-fulva, aureo-pubescens, fortiter punctata ; capite 

 postice nigro ; thorace transverso, lateribus fortiter reflexis, basi 

 marginato plus minusve nigro ; elytris basi profunda punctate 

 striatis, apice subtilius, interstitiis sat crebre evidenter punctulatis, 

 stria scutellari abbreviata, nigris, macula basali subapicalique ob- 

 scure rufis ; abdomine subtus subtiliter meta- et prosterno pro- 

 funde punctatis. L. 3| lin. 



Queensland, Rockhampton (Janson). 



Abdomen finely punctured, coxal line evident ; metasternuni 

 finely, sides coarsely punctured ; mesosternum depressed ; pro- 

 sternum hardly prominent beyond the coxse, anterior part and 

 side pieces very coarsely punctate ; head deeply grooved beneath, 

 sides punctate, mentum acutely triangular in front, maxillary palpi 

 very large, secuiiform ; antennae with the 3rd joint subelongate, 

 club loose, perfoliate. 



Thallis xanthosticta, sp. n. 



Oblonga, parallela, nigrocyanea, subtus nigra, nitida, antennis 

 rufo-ferrugineis, pedibus piceis ; capite thoraceque parce punctatis, 

 hoc angulis anticis deflexis, lateribus crasse marginatis, basi sat 

 fortiter marginato, subsinuato ; elytris punctato-striatis, inter- 

 stitiis parce subtilissime punctulato, maculis rufo-fulvis, 1 obliqua 

 hiimerali, 1 subapicali ; abdomine subtus pubescente, parce punc- 

 tulato, linea coxali sat distincta, jDrocessu ventrali acuminate ; 

 metasterno canaliculato, vix punctulato ; prosterno sublaevi, 

 processu crasse marginato, apice leviter acuminato. L. 2| — 3 lin. 



Gilolo. 



Antennae with tbe 3rd joint barely longer than the 4th, 8 — 11 

 slightly dilated, forming a 4-jointed club. 



Thallis indica, sp. n. 



Elongato-ovata, postice angustata, tota rufo-testacea ; capite 

 fortiter punctate, clypeo emarginato; thorace leviter transverse, 

 fortiter punctato, basi marginato, utrinque sinuate ; elytris basi 

 fortiter, apice subtilius punctato-striatis, interstitiis evidentius 

 subseriatim punctulatis, stria abbreviata scutellari confusa ; abdo- 

 mine subtus tenui pubescente, punctulata, linea coxali fere mar- 

 ginem attingente ; metasterno parce punctato, linea coxali abbre- 

 viata ; mesosterno transverso, profunde punctato, antice excavate; 

 prosterno punctato, processu trvmcato, epipleuris rugosis ; capite 

 subtus jiunctato, vix impresso, antennis brevibus, articulo 3° 

 secunde et quarto distincte longiore. L. 2-| lin. 



India. 



