100 mr. r. p. pascoe on the longicoenia op australia. 



Xtpeta. 

 Frons brevissima, apice dilatata. Labrum mediocre. Antennce corpore 

 longiores, ll-articulatse, articulis plus minusve depressis, 3'°-6'"™ apice 

 bispinosis, art. ultimo inciso, articulum duodecimum simulante. Pro- 

 thorax subti'ansversus, lateraliter dentatus. Elytra oblonga, apicibus 

 bispinosis. Pedes antici breves, postici longissimi ; femora linearia, 

 postica extremitatem corporis superantia. Corpus robustum. 

 The only species has been recently described by me under the 

 name of FhoracantJia grallaria, and is one of the most remarkable 

 of the whole subfamily, owing to its very short anterior legs, and 

 the unusual length and slenderness of the remainder. 



DiDTMOCAKTHA BREVICOLLTS. 

 D. fusca, sparse pilosa, aliter fere glabra ; prothorace transverso ; scu- 

 tello fusco; elytris testaceis, nitidis, vage punctatis, plaga obliqua 

 humerali et apice fuscis ; antennis fceminarum corpore brevioribus. 

 Hab. Western Australia (Perth). 



Dark brown, nearly free from pubescence, except on the antennae, but 

 with numerous scattered erect hairs, each arising from a comparatively 

 large puncture ; prothorax transverse, with nine tubercles, three on 

 the disk, and three on each side ; scutellum brown ; elytra very di- 

 stinctly punctured, the punctures small and rather dispersed, a semi- 

 circular obliquely placed mark at the shoulder, and the apex, dark 

 brown ; body beneath and legs brown, the basal half of the tibiae ful- 

 vous; antennae of the female shorter than the body, the first two 

 joints brown, the third to the sixth fulvous, with brown tips, the re- 

 mainder dusky. Length 7 lines. 

 Distinguished from D. obliqua by the shortness of its prothorax 

 and antennae, and its nearly glabrous and shining surface. My 

 specimen was kindly presented to me by Mr. Du Boulay. 



Strongtlurtjs orbatus. 



S. brunneo-testaceus, subnitidus, pilis albis adpressis dispersis ; oculis 

 infra valde approximatis ; prothorace hand maculato, epipleuris meta- 

 thoracis dense niveo pilosis. 



Hab. Queensland. 



Brownish testaceous, subnitid, with scattered, white, mostly adpressed 

 hairs ; head contracted below the eyes, but gradually broader towards 

 the mandibles ; eyes closely approximate beneath ; prothorax rather 

 finely punctured, uniformly pilose; scutellum subscutiform, rounded 

 posteriorly, densely covered with white hairs ; elytra strongly punc- 

 tured at the base, gradually becoming less so posteriorly, each punc- 

 ture giving rise to a single hair, the apex of each elytron a little 

 rounded at the suture, where it terminates in a strongly marked spine, 

 two or four irregular, brown, and probably uncertain, zigzag spots on 



