44 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-Jcnown 



in drying appearing acuminate at the apex), very minutely punctured 

 with small granular points principally on the basal half, and sparingly 

 covered with short stiffiflh hairs (invisible except under the lens); 

 antennae about half the length of the body, the four basal joints yellow, 

 the remainder dark brown ; legs slender, coxae and femora testaceous- 

 vellow, tibia? and tarsi brown ; body beneath black, breast and sides of 

 the abdomen pale yellow. Length 6 lines. 



Dascyllus [Dascyllidae]. 

 Latreille, Precis de Carac. gen. des Ins. p. 43. 



Dascyllus conyruus, 

 I), elliptico-ovatus, fusco-piceus, griseo-pilosus ; antennarum articulis 



subcylindraceis. 

 Hab. North China. 



Ovate-elliptical, pitchy-brown, everywhere covered with short, coarse 

 greyish hairs ; scutellum broadly cordate ; joints of the antennae nearly 

 cylindrical (particularly the last seven). Length 6 lines. 



Closely allied to the European D. cervinus, but larger and more 

 robust, the thorax a little longer, the scutellum less transverse, and 

 the joints of the antennas more cylindrical, or rather less contracted 

 at the base. 



Cylidetjs [Cleridse]. 

 Latreille, Fam. Nat. p. 354. 



Cylidrus cent rails. 



C. piceus ; plaga magna fulva communi medio elytrorum ; pedibus qua- 

 tuor posticis testaceo variis. 



Hab. Moreton Bay. 



Pitchy-brown, very glossy ; head and prothorax finely punctured ; 

 elytra minutely punctured in rows, a large, nearly median fulvous-yellow 

 patch common to both ; palpi and four or five basal joints of the antennas 

 fulvous ; middle and posterior legs, especially the latter, testaceous, 

 slightly varied with brown. Length 3 lines. 



C. nigrinus, from Tasmania, is, I believe, the only species of this 

 widely diffused genus hitherto described from the Australian pro- 

 vince. 



Cylidrus alcyoneus. 



C. cyaneus ; capite ehalybeo-atro ; femoribus testaceis ; antennis nigris, 



basi palpisque fulvis. 

 Hab. New Guinea (Dorey). 



Rather narrower than C. cyanew}, Fnb., and very glossy ; head bluish- 



