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B. robtista, sp. nov. Minus nitida ; modice convexa ; sat lata; 

 sat parallela ; sparsim breviter pubescens ; obscure rufo- 

 brurinea, metasterno medio picescente, antennis palpis ped- 

 ibusque dilutioribus ; capite brevi rugulose sat crasse 

 punctulato ; prothorace quarn longiori fere duplo latiori, 

 antice paruin angustato, postice ante basin utrinque im- 

 presso, confertim aspere punctulato, lateribus sat rotundatis, 

 angulis anticis nullis plane rotundatis, angulis posticis 

 suberectis; elytris subfortiter minus crebre punctulatis, 

 subtiliter striatis ; sternis fortiter minus crebre (prosterni 

 lateribus crasse rugulose), abdomine sparsim subtiliter, 

 punctulatis. 

 Maris (?) antennis quam corporis dimidium longioribus. Long., 



41.; lat., 1|1. 

 It is impossible to be certain that this may not be one of the 

 numerous Australian species attributed to AUecnla, and described 

 in a few words, without reference to structural characters. The 

 brief description of A. Mastersi, Macl., for example, might possi- 

 bly be founded on it. 



Queensland ; sent by F. M. Bailey, Esq. 



NOCAR (gen. nov.). 



Caput antice sat breve; mandibulae apice bifidtie; palporum maxil- 



larium articulus secundus sat brevis ; apicalis late, labialium 



minus late, triangularis ; oculi magni modice approximati ; 



antennae sat graciles modice elongata?, articulus S*"' quam 4*"^ 



vix longior ; prothorax fortiter transversus, a basi antrorsum 



fortiter rotundatim angu status, basi bisinuatus; corpus o\ale, 



alatum ; sutura? ventrales apicales 2 ad latera subito valde 



retrorsum directa?. 



This new generic name is necessary to distinguish certain small 



CisfelidcH which agree with Homotrysis in the possession of wings, 



mandibles bifid at the apex, lamellated tarsi, widely triangular 



apical joint of maxillary palpi, etc., but differ very much in form, 



being oval, the four posterior femora scarcely long enough to 



extend laterally beyond the margin of the elytra. The eyes are 



larger and more approximate than in the typical Homotrysis 



{II. tristis, Germ.), the third joint of the antennae is relatively 



shorter, the head is very much smaller in comparison of the other 



parts, being less than half as wide as the base of the prothorax ; 



the general surface is only slightly nitid, and is clothed with very 



fine adpressed pubescence — not erect pilosity ; and the apical 



A^entral segment does not bear a fovea. Joints 3-11 of the 



antennae are of very uniform length, joints 3 and 4 being only a 



little longer than the rest. 



From Allecala and Cistela this genus is distinguished, inter alia, 



