284 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of new genera 



Chsetocnema nitens . . . . . . . . Batchian. 



„ malayana . . . . . . Malay Archipelago. 



„ Wilsoni • . . . . . South Australia. 



„ propinqua „ „ 



„ Waterhousei . . . . . . Western Australia. 



„ laticeps . . . . . • . . „ „ 



„ laticollis . . . . . . „ „ 



„ brevicornis . . . . • . „ „ 



Xenidea Wallacei Sulu Islands. 



„ purpureipennis . . . . . . New Guinea. 



Euplectroscelis IDeyrollei . . . . . . Brazil. 



„ tibialis . . . . . . „ 



„ bimaculata . . . . . . „ 



„ placida .. .. •• „ 



„ nigripennis . . . . . . Amazons. 



„ sordida . . . . . . „ 



Megistops omatus. . . : . . . . . . „ 



„ pretiosus . . . . . . . . Venezuela. 



Genus Aesipoda, Erichs. 

 Arsipodafulvipes. 



Late ovata, valde convexa, nigra, nitida, palpis antennis- 

 que flavis, his extrorsum nigro-piceis ; subtus picea, pedi- 

 bus abdomineque fulvis ; thorace tenuissime punctate, 

 basi utrinque longitudinaliter impresso; elytris distincte 

 punctato-striatis, interspatiis planis. 



Long. 2 lin. Hab. — Australia, Rockhampton. 



Head trigonate, not longer than broad ; vertex and 

 front smooth, impunctate, impressed on either side by a 

 deep flexuose groove, which, running along the upper and 

 inner border of the eye, curves obliquely inwards to meet 

 its fellow at the apex of the carina ; encarpge linear, 

 oblique ; carina oblong, the sutural lines between it and the 

 encarpaj entirely obsolete ; antennee about half the length 

 of the body, five lower joints yellow, the rest nigro-piceous. 

 Thorax nearly three times as broad as long ; sides straight, 

 converging from base to apex, anterior angles obliquely 

 truncate, thickened, the outer edge produced laterally into 

 a short, acute tooth ; basal margin bisinuate on either side, 

 the medial lobe very obtusely rounded ; upper surface very 

 finely punctured, impressed on either side at the base with 

 a curved perpendicular groove. Elytra broader than the 

 thorax, broadly oblong-ovate, convex, finely but distinctly 

 punctate-striate, the punctures rather coarser on the sides. 

 Hinder tibia longer than the femur, only slightly recurved, 

 its outer surface grooved for nearly its whole length. 



