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has not been described hitherto, is allied to S. grmnmicus ; both 

 are in the collection of the British Museum, and were received 

 from an officer of a surveying-ship, but without any precise 

 locality ; they are supposed to be from the north or north-west 

 coast. 



Hathliodes moeatus. 



H. supra pallide griseo pubescens, lateiibus albidis ; elytris basi protho- 

 race vix latioribus, oblique striatis, postice dehiscentibus, apice singu- 

 lorum angulato. 



Hab. North coast? 



Densely pubescent, pale greyish above, whiter at the sides, irregularly 

 punctured ; head nearly as broad as the prothorax ; the latter rather 



■ longer than broad ; the elytra at the base scarcely broader than the 

 prothorax, obliquely striated, dehiscent posteriorly, each apex ending 

 in a somewhat acute angle ; body beneath, legs, and antennae covered 

 with a dense whitish pubescence. Length &\ lines. 



Ltcheosis. 

 Caput antice paulo rotundatum. Oculi parvi. Antenncs basi remotfe, 

 corpore breviores, scapo subelongato, cylindrico, articulo tertio tnulto 

 longiore, quarto prsecedente breviore, sequentibus multo brevioribus. 

 Mandibulte validse. Prothorax lateribus rotundatus. Elytra convexa, 

 subcylindrica. Pedes «quales. Coxce anticse magnse, educta;. Pro- 

 sternum baud productum, antice angustius. 



The type of this genus {Mycerinus luctuosus) appears to me to 

 be so distinct in habit as to make it desirable to separate it from 

 the other species, notwithstanding the differences which prevail 

 among them. The most obvious peculiarities of the genus are the 

 rounded sides of the prothorax, contracted therefore at the base, 

 the more convex elytra, and the larger anterior coxae. These 

 characters might have been made more trenchant, but that I have 

 left them sufficiently open in order to include Hatlilia zebrina, 

 Pasc, an Indian species which it is scarcely desirable to separate 

 generically at present. 



Peaonetha pleueicausta. 



P. fusca, rude pubescens ; prothorace subquadrato ; elytris breviusculis, 

 carinulatis, postice abrupte declivibus, basi piloso cristatis, apice trun- 

 catis, lateribus obscure fusco plagiatis ; antennis concoloribus. 



Plab. Port Albany (north coast). 



Covered with a rough pale-brownish pubescence ; head impunctate ; pro- 

 thorax subquadrate, scai'cely broader than the head, the sides almost 

 parallel ; elytra compressed, rather short, abruptly declivous poste- 

 riorly, the apex truncate, each elytron with three or four elevated 



