438 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera 



angles acute ; scutellura triangular, brownish ; elytra slightly 

 broader behind the middle, strongly striate-punctate, the 

 interstices raised and smooth j body beneath and femora finely 



punctate. 



The type of Bradymerus is a dark-coloured New-Caledonian 

 insect described by M. Perroud in 1864 (Ann. Soc. Linn. 

 Lyon, xi. p. 111). 



Bradymerus cyaneipennis. 



B. oblongus, cyaneus, capite prothoraceque cyaneo-nigris, subtiliter 

 punctatis ; antennis, pedibus et corpore infra rufo-castaneis. 

 Long. 6 lin. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



Oblong, head and prothorax bluish black ; elytra indigo- 

 blue ; antennae, legs, and body beneath reddish chestnut ; head 

 and prothorax very minutely punctate, the latter with its 

 anterior angles not produced ; scutellum triangular, brownish ; 

 elytra parallel at the sides, strongly striate-punctate, the inter- 

 stices raised and smooth ; body beneath and legs finely punc- 

 tate, the abdominal segments longitudinally stiiolate. 



Toxicum gracile. 



T. angustum, nigrum, nitidum ; prothorace postice gradatim augus- 

 tiore ; elytris postice gradatim latioribus. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. New South Wales. 



$ . Narrow, black, shining ; head anteriorly with two short 

 slender conical horns united at the base, posteriorly two 

 others, much larger, curved, and approximating above, the 

 upper half clothed anteriorly with long yellowish hairs ; an- 

 tennae somewhat slender, the last four joints forming a mode- 

 rately slender club ; prothorax finely punctured, rather longer 

 than broad, gradually narrowing posteriorly, the anterior 

 angles rounded, a transverse fovea at the apex and three at 

 the base ; scutellum triangular ; elytra seriate-foveate, slightly 

 broader than the prothorax at the base, thence gradually 



broader towards the apex ; body beneath and legs chestnut- 

 brown. 



Tike peculiar form is distinctive of this species. The female 

 has two narrow ridges only, representing the posterior horns. 

 The two species from Gayndah described by Mr. W. McLeay 

 would appear, from their three-jointed antennal club, to belon 

 to Anthracias. 





