no 



antrorsum sat fortiter angustato, antice emarginato, angulis 

 posticis acute rectis retrorsum subproductis, lateribus minus 

 aiiguste reHexo-uiarginatis ; elytris postice singulatim rotun- 

 datis, fere ut protliorax punctulatis (sed puncturis subseria- 

 tim dispositis), seriatim pubescentibus, apicem versus 

 seriebus 1^^ 2=* 4" que in carinis elevatis, S'' 5"- que obsoletis. 

 Long., 1^1. ; lat.,1 1. 

 Besides the apical part of the first, second, and fourth rows of 

 pubescence, the parts of the si?vth and seventh immediately be- 

 hind the middle seem to be a little elevated. 



In the example before me the infuscation on the disc of the 

 prothorax is blotchy and very ill-deiined, while that on the elytra 

 is very distinct, consisting of a large common basal triangle and a 

 number of small spots, the largest of which are on either side of 

 the suture near the apex. 



Tropical Australia ; I am not sure of the exact locality. 



TfiALYCRODES (gen. nov. JVitidulidarumJ. 

 Labrum bilobum ; antennarum clava ut Thalyci'w ; oculi sat 

 magni sat prominentes modice granulati ; prothorax 

 ely trorum basin haud tegens ; elytra pygidii partem tegentia ; 

 prosternum ut LasiodactyH : mesosternum subtiliter carina- 

 tum ; tibi.e omnes extus dentibus spinulisque armatse; 

 tarsi simplices ; unguiculi basi vix compresso - dilatati ; 

 corpus pubescens, marginibus dense ciliatis. 

 ' The species for which I propose this name cannot be referred 

 to Thai y era, on account of their having all their tibia? strongly 

 armed externally, the claws not truly simple, and the mesosternum 

 traversed longitudinally by an extremely fine elevated line. I 

 cannot help thinking that TJcalycra austraUs, Germ., is congeneric 

 with the species before me, and that its author overlooked the 

 extremely fine carina on the mesosternum — indeed, I should have 

 no hesitation whatever in considering one of the insects before 

 me as identical with it specifically if it were not for this diffi- 

 culty. I have therefore given it the name australe, as I am 

 satisfied that, if generically, it is also specifically identical. 



The "intermediate plate" on the undersurface of tliis genus is 

 decidedly large, and forms a triangle. The third joint of the 

 antenn?B is, as in uEfJtinodes, longer than the next two together. 

 Unfortunately, I have not been able to compare these species 

 with a specimen of Thalycra, and have had to depend upon 

 «lescriptions of that genus, aided by my memory of it, in making 

 the preceding remarks. 



T. australe (?Germ.). Ovale; convexum ; sat nitidum ; pube- 

 scens ; ferrugineo-brunneum (elytris nonnullis exemplis ob- 

 scure testaceo-maculatis) ; prothorace quam longiori dupio 



