228 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of 



Paracadmus lucifugus. 



Elongatus, subcylindriciis, subtus nitidus, pallide albo- 

 flavus, nigro-pictus; pedibus nigris, femoribus basi, posticis 

 basi etsi infra tibiisque basi albo-flavus ; supra niger, 

 opacus ; capite rugoso-punctato, pube sericeo vestito, 

 oculorum orbitis intei"nis, clypeo antice aiitennaruraque 

 articulis 6 — 10 sordide flavis; thorace convexo, profunde 

 et creberrime rugoso-punctato, lateribus irregulariter 

 crenulatis albo-flavo-marginatis, naargine apicali (medio 

 interrupto), discique maculis nonnullis sordide flavis ; 

 elytris crebre rugoso-punctatis, pone medium obsolete 

 elevato-vittatis, fascia lata communa baseos, extus abbre- 

 viata alteraque prope medium, interrupta, intus angustata, 

 ad suturam abbreviate!, sordide flavis; margine humerali 

 limboque inflexo a basi ad longe pone medium, albo-flavis; 

 pygydio flavo-albo, nigro notato. 



Long. 2^ lin. 



Hab. — Australia. 



Head rugose, black, the upper and inner margin of the 

 eye, the canthus, the cheeks and the lower portion of the 

 clypeus obscure yellow ; antennae a third longer than the 

 body $ , slender, the second joint very short, the third to 

 the tenth elongate, cylindrical, the eleventh slightly com- 

 pressed, narrowly elongate-ovate. Thorax twice as broad 

 at the base as long ; sides rounded and converging from 

 base to apex, sinuate behind the latter, anterior angles 

 produced, subacute, curved slightly outwards, the hinder 

 ones subacute, not produced ; lateral margin irregularly 

 but not coarsely crenulate ; basal margin sinuate and 

 slightly oblique on either side, the medial lobe slightly 

 produced, deeply concave-emarginate ; above convex, 

 very closely and deeply rugose-punctate ; lateral margin 

 reflexed, broadly edged with yellowish-white, which colour 

 extends for a short distance along the basal margin ; 

 an interrupted line on the apical margin, together with a 

 few small indistinct spots on either side the hinder disk 

 obscure fulvous. Scutellum wedge-shaped, its apex ob- 

 tusely truncate, its surface carinate, coarsely punctured. 

 Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, oblong, sides 

 rather strongly lobed ; upper surface thickened just round 

 the scutellum, very coarsely and closely rugose-punctate, 

 obsoletely costate behind the middle ; a broad common 

 band at the base, abbreviated within the humeral callus, 

 and a second about the middle of the elytron, well defined 



