442 Eev. T. Hincks on the 



beneath glossy chestnut-brown ; legs steel-blue, the femora, 

 except at the apex, luteous yellow. 



Messalia. 



Caput breve, rotimdatum : clypeus a capite lincatim discretus ; oculi 

 subapproximati. Antennae longiusculse, articulis a quinto dilata- 

 tis. Prothorax convexus, a pleuris linea elevata separatus. Elytra 

 oblonga. Presternum post ice subacute productum ; mesosternum 

 antice depressum. Pedes elongati, intermedii longiores. 



The antennae are also dilated in this genus j but they 

 are longer, and the dilatation begins at the fifth joint ; the 

 sixth and seventh are petiolated ; the eleventh oblong, rounded 

 at the apex ; all these dilated joints are as long as they are 

 broad. A raised line separates the flanks of the prothorax 

 from its pronotum. The greater length of the intermediate 

 legs marks a return to one of the characters of Strong ylium. 



Messalia varians. 

 M. oblonga, subcyanea, nitida ; antennis nigris. Long. 5 lin. 





Hob. Gilolo, Penang. 



Oblong, light indigo-blue with purplish or violet reflections ; 

 head sparingly punctate, separated from the clypeus by a sharp 

 well-marked line ; antennse black, about three times as long 

 as the prothorax, third and fourth joints subcylindrical, the 

 former longest ; prothorax not quite as long as broad, the sides 

 rounded anteriorly, parallel behind, sparsely punctate, the 

 basal margin and scutellum inclining to azure j elytra about 

 three times as long as the prothorax, much broader at the 

 base, finely seriate-punctate; body beneath sparingly punctate; 

 legs darker blue, inclining to violet. 



LIU. — Report on the Polyzoa of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 



By the Rev. THOMAS Hixcks, B.A., F.R.S. 



[Continued from vol. x. p. 471.] 

 [Plates XVII. & XVIII.] 



Family Cr ibrilinidae . 

 Ceibrilina, Gray. 



Cribrilina radiata, Moll. 



F orm tnnomtnata : off Cumshewa ; Houston Stewart Chan- 

 nel, 













