478 ME. r. p. PASCOE on the CUHOTILIOIiriD^. 



losus ; rostro latiore quam longiore ; prothorace subconico, squaraulis 

 plus minusve piliformibus vestito ; scutello oblongo, apice angulato ; 

 elytris ovato-triangularibus, convexis, leviter striato-punctatis, singu- 

 latira tuberculo parvo basali inunitis, vitta a scutello, fasciaque arcuata 

 mediana albis, regione humerali maculaque pone fasciara nigris ; cor- 

 pore infra dense griseo-squamuloso ; clava antennarum infuseata. 

 Long. 85 lin. 

 Hah. South Australia (Adelaide). 

 This pretty little species is well distinguished by its nearly 



pure- white arched median band, which at the suture joins the 



stripe from the scutellum. 



GoNiPTERUs SEPULCHBALis. G. ovatus, niger, opacus, squamulis 

 griseis rarissime dispersis ; rostro capita longiore, sat angustato, ru- 

 guloso ; oculis supra baud distantibus ; prothorace subconico, rugu- 

 loso sed subtiliter punctate ; scutello oblongo-ovato ; elytris sat bre- 

 viusculis, convexis, fortiter striato-punctatis, punctis oblongis subap- 

 proximatis, interstitiis planatis subtilissime punctulatis ; infi-a pedi- 

 busque squamulis griseis minus dispersis. Long 3 lin. 



Hab. South Australia (Adelaide). 



A dull black species, with longer rostrum and more approxi- 

 mate eyes than are usual in this genus. 



GoNiPTERUS CIONOIDES. G. brcvitcr ovatus, supra squamositate rnfa 

 squamulisque griseis interjectis, capite prothoraceque dilutioribns; 

 rostro perparum longiore quam latiore ; oculis ovatis ; prothorace 

 subconico, paulo transverso ; scutello rotimdato ; elytris brevibus, 

 valde convexis, postice sat abrupte declivibus, pone medium fascia sa- 

 turata rufo-brunnea extus ampliata, delude linea alba, tum ad apicem 

 sordide albis; corpore infra pedibusque grisescenti-squamulosis ; an- 

 tennis rufis, clava grisea. Long. 2^ lin. 



Hab. South Australia ; New South Wales. 



A pretty little species with the habit of Clonus. It differs 

 from the rest of the genus by its ovate transverse eyes. 



Bbtaohtjs. 



(Gonipterinse.) 



Oxycypi omnino congruit, ^(^ximvaQ^o funiculus antennarum validus, 

 gradatim incrassatus, clavam continuatus. 



M. Lacordaire mentions an insect under the. unpublished name 

 of Oxyops suhfasciatus, Jekel, having the above differential cha- 

 racter, and which, therefore, " necessarily constitutes a distinct 

 genus." It is unknown to me, but is probably congeneric, if not 



