470 ME. F. p. PASCOE ON Till; CUltCULIONIU^. 



baud duplo lougius, supra arcuatum, utinque angulatum, medio 

 canaliculatuni ; scrobes prseapicales, obliquse, oculos attingeutea. 

 OcuU infra augustiores. Antenncd attenuatse ; scapo elongate ; 

 funiculo 6-articulato, art. elongatis, primo longiore ; clava basi 

 pedunculata. Mandibulcd porrectae, marginibus anticis conni- 

 ventibus. JProthorax rotundatus, basi truncatus. Elytra 

 ovata, humeria rotundatis. iedes validi ; femora modice in- 

 crasaata ; tihice aiiticsB et intermedise arcuatsD ; tarsi lati, art. 

 ultimo elongato ; unguicidi liberi. Metasternum breve. Epi- 

 sterna metatboi'acis angustata. Abdomen segmeuto secundo 

 duobus sequentibus conjunctim breviore. 



In tills genus there is a very sbort metasternum combined 

 with narrow metatlioracic epistema ; it has also a comparatively 

 long scape, and a fuuicle of only six joints ; or perhaps it would 

 be more correct to say that the seventh forms part of the club, 

 and is not to be distinguished from it. The habit closely resem- 

 bles Aterjpus horrens, Boisd. 



Iphisaxus aspek. (PI. XIX. fig. 7.) L anguste ovatus, fuscus, 

 dense squamulosus, setis ereotis interjectis ; capitis fronte ab rostio 

 sulco tenui separata ; rostro nudo, leviter punctate ; prothorace ( cJ ) 

 parum transverso, ( $ ) paulo longiore, granulis nitidis numevosis 

 tecto; elytris prothorace paulo latioribus, granulis majusculis se- 

 riebus septem instructis, granulis posterioribus tuberculiformibus, totis 

 seta recurva coronatis, singulo elytro plagis albidis duabus ornato, 

 una ante, una pone medium, hac obliqua majore ; infra griseo- 

 s(iuamulosus, granulis remotis obsitus ; pedibus griseo-squamulosis. 

 Long. 5 lin. 



Hab. Western Australia (King George's Sound), 



CEnassus. 

 (Brachyderinae.) 



Caput, cum rostro, subtriangulare, supra planatum, fronte trans- 

 versim sulcata. Rostrum apice emarginatum ; scrobes laterales, 

 arcuata), postice latiores, infra oculos exeuntes. Oculi promi- 

 nuli. Antenncd sat robustse, squamosse ; scapo sensim incras- 

 aato ; funiculo lineari, art. duobus basalibus longiusculis, cseteris 

 »qualibus, cylindricis ; clava basi tubulata. Prothorax trans- 

 veraus, cylindricus, basi apiceque truncatus. Scutellum parvum. 

 Elytra ovata, prothorace basi baud latiora. Pedes validi ; 

 femora iucrassata; tibice rect£e, corbulis posticis cavernosis ; 

 tarsila,t\, art. ultimo mediocri ; unguicidi connati. Metasternum 



