460 Mn. p. p. PASCOE ON THE CUECtILTOJfII)y"E, 



rotundatna. Elytra convexa, subtrigona, huineris calloao-pro- 

 ducfca, apicibus debiscentia. I^edes mediocres ; femora panim 

 incrassata ; iibice gradatim longiores, intus denticulalie, apice 

 muticje, anticae paulo arcuata), corbulis apertis ; iarsi art. ba- 

 sali triangulari, secuudo transverse, tertio brevi, ultimo elon- 

 gato ; unguictili liberi. Metasternum breve. Processus inter- 

 coxalis antice rotundatus. Abdomen conicxim ( c? ), segmtntis 

 3-4 brevissimis, sutura secunda arcuata. Corpus dense squa- 

 mosum. 



Tbis appears to me to be quite an isolated genus among tbe Bra- 

 chyderinee ; but tbe form of the head, although very remarkable, 

 has a certain resemblance to some species of Platyomus, where the 

 apex of the rostrum is rounded and nearly entire, and the scrobes 

 have a dorsal aspect. But the form of the mandibles, of the rostrum, 

 and the open corbels are at variance with all the allies of that genus. 

 The prominent shoulders are also found among the Naupactus- 

 forins ; but here the short antennse and other characters are oppo- 

 BJte to any affinities in that direction. Tlie species described 

 below frequents rushes (Bestiacecs ? ) on the sandy plains of 

 Champion Bay. 



OcHROMETA AMCENA. (PI. XVII. fig. 6.) O. supra brunneo-ochracea, 

 capite cretata ; pvothorace utrinque vittis duabus, una laterali lata, 

 una supra interrupta ; scutello quadrato, albo ; elytiis singulo linea 

 b.asali, altera apicali, ad marginem externum linea ab humero ad api- 

 cem, in medio interrupta, et parte anteriore curvata, apice singulatim 

 aciiminatOj subtus albo-squamosa, punctis nigris adspersis, uieta- 

 sterno abdomineque utrinque vitta ochracca; pedibus antennisque 

 pallide cinereis, his articulis a[)icc, clavaque uigris. Long. 4 liu. 



Hub. Western Australia (Champion Bay). 



AOLLES. 



(Haplonychina;.) 



Ha'plonyclio omnino congruit, sed funiculus 6-articulatus, et 



tarsi triarticulati. 



The Ilaplonychiuio in Prof. Lacordaire's arrangement are dif- 

 ferentiated from the neighbouring subfamilies by their one-clawed 

 tarsi, and they include only the genus Haplonyx. But there 

 can be no doubt that Aolles is a very near ally, and can only be 

 geuerically separated from it. Taking the character, therefore, 

 as a secondary one, it seems to me that two of my genera {Me- 

 tatyges and PJiysarchus), whose location appeared previously to 



