536 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe's Notes on 



8. Symphyletes moratus, 



S. cinereo-pubescens, raaculis pallide ochraceis dispersus ; pro- 

 thorace transverso, inaequali, subtuberculato ; elytris apice 

 sinuato-truncatis, baud spinosis, ad basin pauci-tuberculatis, 

 pone medium fascia cinerea. 



Port Denison. 



Covered with a pale ashy pubescence, the black derm showing 

 underneath at intervals, and sprinkled with light ochre ; head ob- 

 scurely spotted with ochre ; antennae ciliated beneath, greyish, 

 spotted with ashy ; prothorax broader than long, obsoletely bltu- 

 berculate, the sides not toothed, indistinctly spotted with ochre ; 

 scutellum rounded behind ; elytra narrowing from the shoulder, the 

 apex of each sinuateiy truncatCj without spines, a broad very pale 

 ashy band below the middle, its anterior border very indistinct, 

 its posterior marked by a dark irregular line, the side with a 

 large patch of the same colour, the base with a few distant but 

 prominent tubercles, one of which is situated on the shoulder ; 

 body beneath ashy, varied with ochre, especially on the abdomen; 

 legs ashy, speckled with ochre and dark brown. 



Length 11 lines. 



Near Si/mphyletes vetustus, Pasc, but paler, less pubescent, the 

 prothorax scarcely tuberculate, the band on the elytra broader, 

 less irregular, and more indeterminate. 



9. Symphyletes munitus. 



S. griseo-pubescens, maculis ochraceis notatus vel reticulatus ; 

 prothoraceleviterin8equali,anticeconstricto, disco sub-bituber- 

 culato ; elytris apice subrotundatis, ad basin tuberculis serie- 

 bus tribus dispositis, pone medium fascia indistincta pal- 

 lidiore, 

 Clarence River. 



Covered with a loose greyish pubescence, spotted with ochre, 

 the spots coalescing at intervals so as to give a sort of reticulated 

 appearance ; head varied with grey and yellow, the latter predo- 

 minating; antennse greyish yellow, ciliated beneath; prothorax 

 about equal in length and breadth, contracted anteriorly, obscurely 

 bituberculate, the side not toothed, varied with grey and ochre ; 

 scutellum rather narrow, rounded posteriorly ; elytra gradually 

 narrowing, the apex rounded and pilose, the base with three rows 

 of tubercles, the outer composed of four tubercles, one of which 

 is situated on the shoulder, the second and third rows of five 

 each^ an obscure greyish white band directly behind the middle, 



