538 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe's Notes on 



margined scutellum, and fewer basal tubercles on the elytra, are 

 characters that will serve to distinguish this species. 



Genus Rhytiphora. 

 1. Rhyliphora rubeta. 



R. tenuiter pubescens, fusca, maculis pilosis rufo-luteis varia ; 

 scutello croceo-piloso ; elytrorum dimidio basali tuberculato. 



Sydney. 



Dark brown, covered with a short thick greyish-brown' pile, and 

 spotted with reddish ; head with black scattered punctures, and a 

 line on the vertex and between the eyes, amid the short reddisli 

 ochraceous pile j antennae rather longer than the body, ciliated 

 beneath, brown with obscure greyish rings or spots ; prothorax 

 black, with a few ochraceous hairy spots, the sides nearly parallel, a 

 single transverse fold in the middle and several impressed marks 

 on the disc ; scutellum slightly transverse, rounded behind ; elytra 

 callous and projecting at the shoulder, a little incurved at the side, 

 then gradually rounded to the apex, several black, shining 

 granules on the basal third, the reddish spots numerous and at the 

 side sometimes confluent ; body beneath chesnut red, with a dull 

 greyish pile ; legs obscurely spotted with reddish and brown. 



Length 9 lines. 



A species very distinct from any other known to me. 



GenusPENTHEA. 

 1. Penthea solida. 

 P. fusca, pube cinerea brevissima tecta, maculis variis albis 

 ornata ; prothorace tuberculis tribus minutis instructo ; 

 elytris lineis duabus elevatis. 

 Clarence River. 



Dark brown, covered with a very short greyish pile, with nume- 

 rous small, variously formed, white spots, especially on the elytra ; 

 head rather large, an impresssed line and a few shallow punctures 

 on the vertex, between the eyes and in front several white spots ; 

 antennae with all the joints except the basal banded with white 

 at the base ; prothorax transversely rugose, with three small but 

 sharply prominent tubercles on each side ; scutellum rounded 

 posteriorly ; elytra broadest at the shoulders, with a few shallow 

 punctures only at the base (where there are also a few small 

 tubercles) and sides, and two elevated uninterrupted lines on each, 

 that are gradually lost posteriorly ; body beneath covered with a 



