274 Mr. F. P, Pascoe on neio Genera 



muticae, setaeese, corpore longiores, articulo basali hand elongate, 

 articulis 3., 4. quam 5. breviores. Ocidi profunde eiuarginati. 

 Protliorax globoso-ovalis, basi valde strangulatus, utrinque spina 

 brevi armatus. Scutellum parvum, triangnlare. Elytra oblonga, 

 dorso in medio incurvato-depressa, apice rotundata, singula tuber- 

 culo basali instriicta. Femora fusiformia ; tihim graciles, posticte 

 longiores, arcuata3 ; torsi postici articiilo basali cseteris conjunctim 

 longiore. Coxoe auticae conicse ; acetahula antica aperta. Pro- 

 sternum inter coxas angustissimum. 



The contour of this genus is similar to that of Euderces among 

 the Tillomorphinas*; but the conical anterior coxee, almost con- 

 tiguous at the base, prevent its being joined to that subfamily ; 

 its place in Lacordaire's table, in reference to this character 

 and to its deeply emarginate eyes, would be next to Aphneo- 

 pinse, from which it essentially differs in the form of the head, 

 not contracted into a neck, and the basal joint of the antennae 

 of normal length. With the five subfamilies of the same 

 series possessing the last two characters it is needless to com- 

 pare it, as its affinities are obviously not in their direction. 

 On the whole, I think this genus must be placed in a new 

 subfamily, which, from the form of the prothorax and elytra 

 approximating it to Zoedia^ and in the absence of other indi- 

 cations, may be placed immediately after Aphneopinse. I am 

 indebted for my specimens to Mr. Masters. 



Ochyra coarctata. PL XIII. fig. 3. 



0. fusca, pilis erectis parce adspersa ; antennis pedibusque luteis ; 

 capite prothoraceque subtilissime crebre punctulatis ; elytris basi 

 prothorace duplo latioribus, utrinque incurvatis, postice valde 

 convexis, singulis ante medium plaga elevata lutea triangulari, 

 basi ad marginem exteriorem, apice juxta suturam, ornatis ; cor- 

 pore infra fusco, abdomine nitido. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Tasmania (Mount Wellington). 



Distenia fastuosa. 



D. nitidissime nigro-viridis, sparse erecto-pilosa ; eljtris cyaneo- 

 chalybeatis, antennis, seapo excepto, palpis, pedibusque castaneo- 

 rufis; capite fere impunctato ; clypeo profunde emarginato; an- 

 tennis corpore fere duplo longioribus ; scapo nigro, transversim 

 rugoso ; prothorace elongato, in medio subtrituberculato ; scutello 

 subtransverso, nigro ; elytris anguste cuueatis, apicibus oblique 

 emarginatis, angulo exteriore longe spinoso, pube subtilissima 

 vage vestitis, fortiter seriatim punctatis, punctis pone medium 

 evanescentibus ; corpore infra polito, nitidissimo. Long. 11 lin. 



Hub. Nicaragua (Chontales). 



A fine and very distinct species, which, from its longer and 



* This is omitted by Lacordaire in his table. It is bis 32ud " groupe.^^ 



