556 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe's Notes on 



the number of bands on the abdomen may vary. I have seen 

 instances where one of the bands has been only partial. The best 

 characters in this genus are to be found in the forms of the pro- 

 thorax and elytra. The species described above is the most 

 soberly coloured of the genus, and very distinct from any other 

 known to me. 



3. Hestkesis vigilans. 



H. fuscus; elytris postice intus rotundatis, extus apiculatis, 

 linea suturali postice curvata, crocea ; abdomine supra dua- 

 bus infra etiam duabus, aliquando tribus, fasciis luteis. 



New South Wales. 



Black, elytra yellowish-brown, paler towards the suture ; front, 

 anterior margin of the prothorax, patch on the episterna of the 

 metathorax, bands on the upper and lower basal segments, and 

 two others on the third lower and fourth upper segments respec- 

 tively (sometimes a narrower band on the second lower also), 

 bright safFron-yellow ; a short, transverse patch of the same colour 

 towards the posterior margin of the elytra, connected with a paler 

 stripe along the suture ; antennae black, passing into reddish- 

 brown towards the apex ; prothorax rounded at the sides, covered 

 with a coarse pile, tinged more or less with yellow; elytra rounded 

 internally at the apex, the sides also rounded, and terminating 

 externally in a small obtuse angle ; legs ferruginous, tarsi brown. 



Length 6 lines. 



Mr. Newman's description of Hesthesis hhonatus applies to this 

 species so far as the number of abdominal bands is concerned, 

 but the colour of the antennae and legs is entirely different. I 

 have not seen his species, which appears to have been known only 

 from a specimen in the Zoological Society's Museum, although 

 Dr. Howitt speaks of it as being found at Melbourne. It is the 

 only described species that is not in my collection. 



4. Hesthesis acutipennis. 

 H. niger ; elytris subdivergentibus, apice angulatis ; macula 

 transversa postica crocea, abdomine supra tribus infra qua- 

 tuor fasciis luteis. 

 New South Wales. 



Black, elytra greyish-brown, front, anterior margin of the pro- 

 thorax and more slightly the posterior also, and an oblique spot 

 on the elytra, saffron-yellow ; patch on the episterna of the meta- 

 thorax, three bands on the abdomen above — one on the basal, 



