itit. F. P. PASCOE ON TUE CUIICUJ.IONIUJE. 473 



seqiieiitibua liaiid longiore. Processus interfemoralis latus, 

 truncatus. 



The genera of the Bhyparosomin£e are very far from being 

 liomogeneous, as M. Lacordaire admits. This is certainly not an 

 exception. The rounded eyes would place it near Byrsopages, 

 and the scape impinging on the prothorax near Erepsimus ; in 

 the form of its head and rostrum it agrees to a certain extent 

 with Eupages. In the separation of its anterior coxae it stands 

 alone. 



Dysostines valgus. (PI. XIX. fig. I.) D. oblongus, setulosus, 

 fuscus, umbrino-variegatus ; rostro medio carinulato; antennis setu- 

 loais, scapo fusco, funiculo ferrugineo ; prothorace ruguloso, antice 

 plagiatim dense squamoso, longitudinaliter sulcato, medio intev- 

 ni|)to ; scutcUo parvo, nigro, triangular! ; elytris disperse punctatis, 

 dense squaniosis, supra sub])lanatis, ad latera leviter excavatis, hii- 

 meris auriculatis, apice rotundatis ; infra dense fusco-squamosus ; 

 segm. basali abdominis excavato, arcuato-impressOj ultimo nudo, 

 granulato ; tibiis antieis compressis, intus ciliatis, posiice valde cur- 

 vatis ; tarsis luteis. Long. 85 lin. 



llab. Queensland. 



A&AMETIS. 



(Zygopiuse.) 



Rostrum tenue, arcuatum ; scrohes pra;medianae, ad oculos cur- 

 rentes. Oculi magni, supra contigui, infra acuminati. Antennce 

 graciles ; scapo clavato ; funiculo 6-articulato, elougato, art. 

 secundo longissimo, tribus ultimis breviusculis ; clava oblongo- 

 ovata. Prothorax transversus, utrinque subrotundatus. Elytra 

 oblonga, subparallela, supra planata. Pedes mediocres ; femora 

 sublinearia, infra dentata, postica longiora ; tihicd rectse, un- 

 guiculatae ; tarsi breviusculi, sequales ( cf ? ). Caetera ut in 

 Meeopode. Segmenta abdominis 2-4 subrecta. Propectus 

 leviter excavatum, inerme. 



This is anotlier of the remarkable genera allied to Mecopus, but 

 more distinct tlian Ohirozetes {ante^ p. 447), and showing an ap- 

 proach, in the position of its antenna? and the more normal an- 

 terior legs, to Qopturus. From both JKecopus and Chirosetes, as 

 Avell as from Macrohamon, all belonging to Lacordaire's " group c 

 Mecopidcs," it is distinguished by the similarity of the sexes*. 



* Having recently acquired some now species of Chirozetes from Borneo and 

 Amboyna, I am enabled to state that the pectoral horns, as from analogy might 



