322 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known 



Ino [Cucujidae]. 



Laporte de Castclnau, Etud. Entom. p. 135. 



Ino ephippiata. (PI. XYI. fig. 9.) 



/. nigra, nitida; elytris disco pallide flavescente, abdominis segmenta 



tria ultima liaud obtegentibus. 

 Hah. Dorey (New Guinea). 



Deep glossy black ; bead and prothorax about equal in breadth, finely 

 punctured, the latter very mucb contracted at tbe base ; antennae half 

 as long as the body, black, the basal joints paler ; palpi pale brown ; 

 scutellum black, transversely ovate ; elytra narrowed at the base, 

 gradually widening posteriorly, where they are as broad as long, the 

 sides straight, the disk with a large pale-yellow spot occupying nearly 

 the whole of the base, except the shoidder, and expanding below the 

 middle towards the side ; part of the third and fourth and fifth abdo- 

 minal segments dull black, not covered by the elytra ; legs light glossy- 

 brown, tarsi testaceous ; body beneath paler. Length \\ line. 



Ino trepida. 



I. fusca, nitida ; elytris singulis flavescente unimaculatis, abdominis seg- 

 menta quatuor ultima haud obtegentibus. 



Hob. Dorey (New Guinea). 



Dark olivaceous brown, shining ; head and protborax equal in breadth, 

 finely punctured ; antennae about one-third the length of the body, the 

 two basal joints yellow, the remainder black ; scutellum and elytra as 

 in the last, but the yellow spot on the latter is smaller, nearly round, 

 and situated below the middle and towards the outer margin ; abdo- 

 men dark brown, shining, the last four segments not covered by the 

 elytra ; legs olivaceous brown, the tarsi paler, inclining to testaceous. 

 Length 1^ line. 



Ino is a very singular genus, and was placed by M. de Castelnau 

 among the Staphylinidae, after Anthobium. The species described 

 by him (I. pi eta) from Madagascar has slightly elevated lines on the 

 elytra, and it is possible that the two described above may hereafter 

 form another genus. 



Phenace [Dasytidae]. 

 Head short, rounded in front, the epistome and lip concealed beneath its 

 margin. Eyes large, prominent, entire. Antennas filiform, distant, 

 arising below the eyes, the first joint rather short, obconic, the second 

 very short, the remainder to the tenth longer and subequal, the last 

 longest of all. Maxillary palpi long, the terminal joint fusiform. 

 Mandibles long, slender. Prothorax rounded at the sides. Elytra 

 broader than the prothorax, elongate. Legs slender ; tibiae spurred ; 

 tarsi very long, the basal joint longer than the second. 

 In general appearance this genus has a wonderfully striking re- 



