552 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe's Notes on 



tuberculato, lateribus prominulo, mutico, basi constricto ; 

 elytris angustatis, apice truncatis, plaga basin versus, altera 

 mediana, tertiaque sub-apicali, flavis. 

 Port Denison. 



Slender, luteous brown, shining ; head roughly punctured, an 

 impressed line between the eyes ; antennae longer than the body, 

 luteous, slightly ciliated, the third, fourth and fifth joints spined 

 at the apex ; prpthorax oblong, opaque, narrower at the base than 

 anteriorly, rugose, with five tubercles on the disc, the central one 

 elliptic, the side with a somewhat abrupt prominence ; scutellura 

 rather elongate, pilose ; elytra tapering, truncate at the apex, each 

 with three pale yellow patches, one somewhat lateral and midway 

 between the second (which is nearly central) and the third (which 

 is nearly at the apex) ; body beneath and legs luteous, sparingly 

 pubescent. 



Length 4 lines. 



This graceful little species is allied to Phoracantha unifasciata, 

 Hope, (why so called it is difficult to say,) but in that species the 

 prothorax is broader and nitid, and there is no apical spot on 

 elytra. 



6. Phoracantha hifasciata. 

 P. gracilis, fusca, nitida ; prothorace oblongo, tuberculis tribus 



longitudinalibus, lateribus irregulari, mutico ; elytris muticis, 



fascia lata mediana, altera apicali, flavis. 

 Port Denison. 



Slender, brown, shining, sparingly pilose ; head dark ferru- 

 ginous, with a few coarse punctures ; eyes rather large, black ; 

 antennae shorter than the body, luteous, slightly pilose, the third 

 joint spined, the fourth and fifth nearly unarmed ; prothorax dark 

 ferruginous, oblong, sparingly and coarsely punctui'ed, three lon- 

 gitudinal tubercles placed somewhat posteriorly, the side irregular 

 but not spined; scutellura somewhat transverse, rounded behind; 

 elytra slightly depressed, very gradually narrowing posteriorly, 

 rounded at the apex, a broad band in the middle and another at 

 the apex, pale yellow ; body glossy beneath, dark ferruginous on 

 the pectus, and luteous on the abdomen (in the female, each of the 

 three intermediate segments has an ovate impression at the side, 

 filled with long, silky hairs) ; legs luteous, with slender, scattered 

 hairs. 



Length 5 lines. 



A very distinct species, remarkable for the little depressions on 

 the abdomen of the female, which are exactly similar in character 



