and Species of Coleoptera. 359 



excepto, flavescentibus ; tarsis ai'ticulo ultimo mediocri. Long. 

 3|-4| lin. 



Hob. Queensland (Rockhampton). 



Egestria suturalis. 



E.{^) fusca, pilis albidis omniiio induta ; capite oblongo, rugoso- 

 punctato ; clypeo transverse, apicc late rotundato ; labro sat elon- 

 gate ; antennis testaceis, articulo secundo sequentibus manifeste 

 breviore, ultimo parum elongato ; protborace utrinque in medio 

 incurvato, oculato-punctato ; scutello subquadrato ; elytris paral- 

 lelis, confertim punctulatis, sutura alba e pilis condensatis ; tibiis 

 tarsisque testaceis, bis articulo ultimo elongato. Long. 5 lin. 



Hob. North Australia. 



Nessiara Mstrio. PI. XIV. fig. 2. 



N. oblonga, atra, capite rostroque pube miniacea dense indutis, boo in 

 medio leviter carinulato ; mandibulis nigris, maxillis, palpis auten- 

 nisque testaceis, clava fusca ; protborace quam latitudine vix lon- 

 giore, pube miniacea induto, maculis sex nigris ornato, basi cinereo 

 et maculis duabus nigris notato ; scutello parvo, rotundato ; ely- 

 tris depressis, lateribus sensim angustioribus, apice rotundatis, 

 striate -punctatis, postice pube miniacea tectis, interstiis alternis 

 cinereo-pubescentibus, alteris nudis, nigris ; corpore infra pedi- 

 busque cinereo-pubescentibus ; femoribus infra versus basin lon- 

 gius pilosis. Long, 10 lin. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. 



The males oi Nessiara, at least of this species and N. didyma, 

 have the rostrum broader, and notched or toothed at the sides. 

 N. planata, Pasc, appears to belong to Phloeops, Lac, which 

 is, apparently, principally differentiated by the angular sides 

 of its prothorax. The species described above is one of the 

 most striking of the Anthribidee ; and it is interesting also 

 from its habitat, the Philippine Islands being probably the 

 north-eastern limit of the Malayan beetle-region, whence so 

 large a proportion of the known insects of this family are 

 derived, of which, however, these islands have hitherto fur- 

 nished a very insignificant part. 



Habrissus heros. PI. XIV. fig. 5. 



H. niger, pube albida fusco variegata dense tectus ; rostro late ; oculis 

 ovatis, vix obliquis ; antennis nigris, articulo tertio paulo incrassato, 

 sequentibus ad octavum sequahbus, longiusculis, sed brevioribus, 

 clava tenui ; protborace obconico, subfusce, fere obsolete macula- 

 tim vario ; scutello transverse triangulari ; elytris oblongis, pro- 

 tborace paulo latioribus, striato-punctulatis, interstitiis alternis 

 fusco ocellato-maculatis ; corpore infra pube densa grisea induto, 



