28 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera 



articulo tertio elongate, 6°-10'" moniliformibus, Ocull angusti. 

 Protliorax transversus, utrinquo rotuudutus, apice emarginatiis. 

 Elytra breviter ovata, augulis auticis rotundatis ; ejiipleura Inte- 

 gra. Pedes subtcnues ; ti/ni-e curvatse, corapressae ; tarsi breves. 

 Prostermim elevatum, furcatuin. Metasteraum brevissimum. 

 Coxce posticce subapproximatae. 



From Opatrnm this genus ditFers in its prominent labrum/ 

 forked prosternum, and extremely sliort metasternum. Achora^ 

 lias a narrow cljpeus, emarg-inate at the apex and hiding 

 the labrum, straight tibia?, and prosternum elevated but not 

 forked. 



AposfefJms terrenus. 



A. obovatns, fuscus, indumento terreno indutus ; an tennis extns pcdi- 

 busque fulvescentibus. Long. 4| lin. 



IJah. Queensland (Port Bowen). 



Obovate, moderately convex, brown, and covered bj an 

 earthy squamulose crust ; head closely punctured, a deep 

 curved groove separating the clypeus from it ; antenna? ful- 

 vous towards the tip, the first joint only partially covered by 

 the supraorbital ridge, the third joint as long as the two 

 following together, last joint broadly ovate, pointed ; protho- 

 rax rather dilated at the sides, rugosely punctured, the disk 

 with three longitudinal impressions, anterior angles acute, 

 slightly produced ; scutellum small, transversely triangular ; 

 elytra about a third longer than broad, sulcate-punctate, each 

 puncture bearing a short seta. 



BIepe<jenes equestris. 



B. oblongns, nitide cupreus ; capite prothoraceque mnticis, hoc 

 modice convexo, baud transverso, utrinque angulato. Long. 

 11 lin. 



Bah. New South Wales (Bellinger River). 



Oblong, glossy copper; head unarmed, impunctate, a \^- 

 shaped impression between the eyes ; neck black, granulate ; 

 antenna? with the third joint longest, the following (cxce])t 

 the shorter fourth) subequal ; prothorax impunctate, mode- 

 rately convex, nearly as long as broad, the sides forming a 

 broad angle ; scutellum small, transverse ; elytra elliptic, 

 rather flattish on the disk, striate, interstices at the sides 

 slightly raised. 



Notwithstanding the marked dissimilarity of the species 



* Achora is synonymcus with Prionoiiis, Mids., a name used long 

 before by Cuvier for a gvuus of tiches and by Liiporte for a genus of 

 lieiniptera. 



