Aicstralian species of the Coleopterous familij Lycidcs. 85 



Lycus ( Charactus) Bremei, Le Guillou, 1844. 



From Hobart Town, and quite distinct from Lycus 

 Bremei, Guerin, from Abyssinia. (The two are con- 

 founded in the Munich Catalogue.) 



Le Guillou's species appears to be Calocliromus scutel- 

 laris, Er., 1842. 



The following species, knoAvn to me only from descrip- 

 tion, appear to be distinct from any of the preceding : — 



Lycus ochraceus, Dalm., Schonh., Syn. Ins. App. p. 31. 



" Subtus ater, supra ochraceus; thoracis disco nigro; 

 elytris striatis, reticulato-punctatis." Long. 6 lin. "Elytra 

 ad scutellum infuscata." 



Metr. marginatum, Er., Wieg. Arch. 1842, p. 145. 



"Niger, thorace 7-areolato; elytris rufo-marginatis, 

 4-costatis, interstitiis biseriatim cancellato-punctatis. 

 Long. 4 lin." Van Diemen's Land. 



Lycus (^Charactus) Goryi, Le Guillou, Rev. Zool. 1844, 



p. 222. 



" Noir terne, avec les elytres bordees exterleurement de 

 jaune. . . Elytres portant chacune quatre cotes elevees, 

 entre lesquelles il y a une cote moins saillante et des eleva- 

 tions transversales formant une reticulation bien marquee ; 

 le jaune des boi'ds part de Tangle humeral, qui est occupe 

 par une tache assez large, suit le bord externe jusqu'a la 

 premiere cote elevee, arrive a I'extremite, ou il s'elargit, 

 et remonte un peu sur la troisieme cote et a la suture. 

 Antennes fortement deutees en scie. 



" Long. 10m., 1. 2|- mill." Hobart ToAvn. 



This may prove to be 31. maryinatus, Er., ante. 



Lycus {Charactus^ australis, Boisd. Voy. Ast. ii. p. 119. 



" Supra croceus ; thorace macula media nigra ; elyti-is 

 subparallelis sulcatis ; subtus antennisque nigris." 



Metr. femoralis, AV. MacL., Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 N. S. AV. ii. p. 262. 



" Antennae black. Head small, black. Thorax red, 

 with black centre, divided into seven hollows. Scutellum 

 black. Elytra oi*ange-red, tipped in the female with dark 



