568 Mr. Francis P. Pascoe's Notes on 



1. Aphneope sericata. (PI. XXII. fig. 1.) 



A. purpureo-brunnea ; elytris pubescentibus, maculis albo- 

 sericeis dispersis, tertia apicali, nigris ; antennis, tibiis, tar- 

 sisque testaceo-ferrugineis. 



Port Denison. 



Purplish-brown or claret-colour, the head and prothorax closely 

 punctured with a few scattered erect hairs ; the elytra with a short 

 velvety pubescence, the posterior third deep black but the pubes- 

 cence ceasing on the apical portion, before the black a line of 

 white spots, others more dispersed towards the base; these spots 

 are shallow impressions on the elytra, which are lined with white 

 silky hairs, radiating from nearly a common centre ; body be- 

 neath, except the four last abdominal segments and femora, lute- 

 ous-brown, the four last segments black ; antennae, tibiae and 

 tarsi pale ferruginous. Head produced and subquadrate in front, 

 rather protuberant behind and below the eyes, then suddenly 

 constricted into a narrow neck ; prothorax with a strong conical 

 tooth at the side behind the middle, on the disc, nearly in the 

 centre, are two well-marked tubers ; scutellum scutiform ; elytra 

 slightly incurved at the sides, the apex rounded and convex 

 above ; antennae scarcely so long as the body. 



Length 8 lines. 



The genus Tropis, of Mr. Newman, does not appear to have 

 been described. The following are its characters. 



Genus Tropis. 

 Caput porrectum, productura, fronte quadrata. Oculi reni- 

 formes, horizontales. AnlentKB lineares, 11-articulatae, inter 

 oculos insertae, distantes, articulo basali elongato, claviformi, 

 tertio cffiterisque plus minusve subaequalibus, vel paullo de- 

 crescentibus. Prothorax sub-elongatus, antice postice con- 

 strictus, lateribus armatus vel conico-productus. Elytra 

 subdepressa, costulata ; coxce anticse prominulse, contiguae. 

 Acetabula antica valde angulata, Mesosternum parvum. Tarsi 

 mediocres, dilatatae. 



Mr. Newman gives as the type his Rhagiomorpha oculifera 

 (Ann. Nat. Hist. v. p. 21), a very rare insect, from Tas- 

 mania. Tropis dimidiata, Newm., the other species, is very dif- 

 ferently coloured, but I can see nothing to warrant its generic 

 separation. 



