8 MK, F. P. PASCOE ON THE CUBCULIONIDJi:. 



inter oculos profunde excavate ; rostro antice subplanato ; antennis 

 ferrugineis; fuaiculo articulo secundo longiusculo, sequentibus ro- 

 tundatis ; prothorace in medio profunde canaliculato, marginibus 

 apicequc canaliculae tuberculis difformibus elevatis munitis, ad latera 

 iu medio tuberculo elongate, supra ad basin excavato, instructo ; ely- 

 tris supra tuberculis numerosis conicis, basi posticeque magis elongatis, 

 instructis, apice explanato-rotundatis, bituberculatis ; pedibus sparse 

 setosulis. Long. 3 lin. 

 Hab. Swan River. 



POLYCEETA. 



(Amycteriuse.) 



Caput antice subplanatum, supra oculum tuberculatum ; rostrum 

 capite multo angustius, subelongatum, basi sulcatum, antice 

 bituberculatum ; scroies subterminales, ante oculos evanes- 

 centes. OcuU prominuli, rotundati, tenuiter granulati. Scopus 

 elongatus. Protlioraoc basi lateribusque rotundatus, apice pro- 

 ductus, lobis ocularibus obsoletis. Elytra ovata, convexa. 

 Femora modice incrassata ; tihice rectse, vel paulo incurvatae, 

 apice crassiores ; tarsi elongati. Abdomen ut in Syhorhyncho. 



This genus seems to be most nearly allied to Hyhorhynclius, 

 MacLeay, jun. ; but it has a narrower and longer rostrum, especi- 

 ally narrow in the part between the scrobes, and the eyes are 

 prominent and finely faceted. 



PoLYCRETA METRiCA. (PL II. fig. 1.) P. anguste ovata, fusca, squa- 

 mulis parvis, fere ubique, plerumque silaceis irrorata ; capite rostroque 

 medio albo-squamosis, hoc tuberculis duobus elongatis compressis 

 basi obsito; antennis piceis; funiculo articulo secundo breviore, 

 ultimis subrotundatis ; clava brevi ; prothorace in medio albo-vittato, 

 lateribus disci bifariam spinosis, spina penultima exteriore maxima ; 

 elytris bifariam conico-tuberculatis, tuberculo solitario, apice spini- 

 formi, pone humeros instructis, utrinque ad tertiam partem albo- 

 squamosis, pone medium fascia albo-squamosa munitis ; pedibus fer- 

 rugineis, longe pilosis. Long. 3-3| lin. 



Hab. Champion Bay. 



ScLERORHiNus T^NiATus. S. clougatus, nigcr, squamulis minutis 

 obscure umbrinis, tuberculis exceptis, dense teetus; rostro crasso, 

 carina media brevi; oculis minusculis; clava elliptica; prothorace 

 transverse, utrinque ampliato, granulis remotis nitidis, singulis seta 

 minuta instructis, munito ; elytris ubique prothorace vix latioribus, 

 humeris subbidentato-productis, apice late rotundatis, ad suturam 



