332 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-hiown 



emargination of the eye corresponds to a kind of groove in the upper 

 portion of the antennary cavity, and is obviously intended to allow 

 the antennae to be thrown well back ; this structure does not exist 

 in Protcedus. Another peculiarity is the form of the basal antennary 

 joint, which has a pyriform shape, but with the small end at the 

 apex, which is the reverse of what generally occurs ; but some slight 

 approach to this is made in Protcedus, where the greatest diameter 

 is in the middle. 



Dceothena platypoda. (PI. XVI. fig. 1.) 



D. elongato-ovata, nigro-pubescens, albo varia ; tarsorum articulis duobus 

 intermediis peramplis. 



Hah. New Guinea (Mysol). 



Elongate-ovate, somewhat sparsely covered with dull black, varied 

 with white, coarsish, slightly curved hairs ; head with the pubescence 

 nearly entirely white ; prothorax with two large black patches on the 

 disk, divided by a very narrow median line, and two smaller ones on 

 each side ; scutellum rounded below, very indistinct ; elytra obsoletely 

 punctate-striate, the sides and middle black, the basal and apical por- 

 tions white with a few oblong black spots ; pygidium white ; antenna? 

 dark brown, paler at the base; eyes and mandibles black; maxilla?, 

 palpi, and labrum rufous ; body beneath and legs white. Length 

 2| lines. 



Owing to the somewhat sparse pubescence, the darker ground is 

 seen beneath the white hairs, thus giving them a pale-ashy hue. 

 The appearance of the markings seems to show that the proportion 

 of the two colours may vary. 



Picenia [Anthribidae]. 



Head rather broad in front, the rostrum very short, slightly emarginate 

 at the apex for the insertion of the small epistome and lip. Antennae 

 short, eleven-jointed, arising from a cavity beneath the rostrum aud 

 close to the eye, the first two joints ovate, thickened, the remainder to 

 the eighth inclusive more or less conic, the last three forming an ovate, 

 compact, depressed club. Eyes large, round, nearly entire. Palpi slender, 

 hairy, the last joint of the maxillary fusiform. Prothorax transverse, 

 rounded in front and at the sides, the carina basal, and terminating 

 close to the anterior border of the prothorax. Elytra short, convex, 

 parallel to the base of the prothorax. Pygidium small, narrow. Legs 

 rather short. Tarsi short, the basal joint scarcely larger than the inter- 

 mediate two. Claws strongly toothed at the base. 



A short convex form, very much resembling Misthosima in appear- 

 ance, but differing in the subrostral insertion of the antennae, the 

 ovate compact club, short tarsi, and other characters. The short, or 



