304 ME. p. p. PASCOE ON ATTSTEALIAN LONGICOENIA. 



Stmphtletes CAPEEOLUS. 



S. angustatus, rufo-brunneus ; elytris parallelis, apicibus rotundatis, basi, 

 scutellum includente, maculisque stituralibus ferrugineis, utrinque 

 plagis duabus albidis ferrugineo signatis instructis ; antennis omnino 

 fuscis, griseo pubescentibus. 

 Hab. Rockhampton. 



Narrow, reddish brown ; head covered with coarse greyish and ochreous 

 hairs ; the antennary tubers rather large and approximate ; prothorax 

 cylindrical, finely punctured, with an almost obsolete greyish pubes- 

 cence, with three vertical ferruginous lines on each side ; scutellum 

 rounded, glabrous, with a tuft of ferruginous hairs in the centre; 

 elytra nearly parallel, somewhat elongate, the apices rounded, a ferru- 

 ginous triangular patch at the base, enclosing the scutellum, and a few 

 spots of the same colour along the suture, on each side, at equal dis- 

 tances from the base and apex and each other, two large white patches 

 marked more or less with pale ferruginous ; body beneath and legs 

 with a thin greyish pile, the edges of the abdominal segments with a 

 denser border of yellowish haii's ; antennae entirely brown, sparsely 

 covered with greyish hairs. Length 5 lines. 

 The smallest and least robust proportionally of all the species 

 of this large genus, and easily distinguished by the two white 

 patches at the sides combined with the triangular ferruginous 

 patch at the base of the elytra. I have seen some specimens much 

 lighter in colour with the ferruginous spots along the suture absent. 



SODUS YENOSUS. 



S. sericeo- griseus ; capite fusco-griseo ; prothorace fulvo-griseo, postice 



constricto ; elytris utrinque paulo excavatis, in medio planatis. 

 Hab. Cape York, 



Silky grey ; head brownish grey, closely and finely punctured j prothorax 

 not quite so broad as the head, constricted, and rather narrow poste- 

 riorly, covered with a dense fulvous grey pubescence, the disk bitu- 

 berculate, the apex of each tubercle crowned with a few longish setae ; 

 scutellum indistinct ; elytra irregular, the middle of each side slightly 

 excavated, the disk between flattened, the pubescence on these parts 

 very thin, with a few small scattered punctures, posteriorly the pubes- 

 cence much denser ; body beneath and legs reddish brown, with a 

 thin grey pile ; antennae with the first three joints brown and closely 

 punctured, the remainder with an ashy pubescence. Length 5 lines. 

 This is a very interesting addition to the genera of the Australian 

 insect-fauna, the only two other species of Sodus being from Sin- 

 gapore and Penang respectively ; although unmistakeably conge- 

 neric, they are very distinct, the Penang species (with the pro- 

 thorax dilated posteriorly and the slight emargination of the 

 intermediate tibiae) being the most aberrant. They are all 



