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ME. W. F. KIRBY ON GENERA AND SPECIES OF 
4. Metaoea, gen. nov. 
Male. Antennae nearly naked ; the third joint four times as 
long as broad, and gradually thickened to the extremity ; the 
remainder thickened at the extremity, and gradually decreasing 
in length to the eighth, which is only slightly longer than broad; 
the rest broken off; petiole short. First joint of the tarsias 
long or longer than all the rest together, but not thickened. 
Abdomen obtuse at tip. 
Type, Euciiaris Zalates, Wallc. 
Eucharis Zalates, Walk. Mon. Chalc. ii. p. 13 (1839). 
Details : Holiday , JEntomol. i. pi. P. figs. 4, 4 a-c (1812). 
Hab. Australia. 
5. Psilogastee, Blanch., 
Hist. Anim. Art. iii. p. 260 (1840); P Brulle, Ins. Hum. iv. 
p. 573 (1846). 
Type, Psilog aster cijpreus, Blanch. 
Psilogaster cupreus, Blanch. 1. c. (1842). 
Hah. Egypt. 
Brulle has figured a Tasmanian insect to represent this genus 
(P. pallipes , Brulle, l. c. pi. xxxix. figs. 1 & 2), and the British 
Museum possesses many species congeneric with this from 
Australia and Tasmania. It is, however, very probable that the 
Egyptian insect may prove to be generically distinct from these, 
in which case the Australian group will require a new name. 
6. Chalcura, gen. nov. 
Mate. Antennae pubescent, 12-jointed; joints 3-11 throwing 
off a long pubescent ramus from the extremity on the outside. 
Scutellum gibbous, unarmed. Petiole moderately stout, about 
two thirds as long as the conical abdomen, and longitudinally 
striated. 
Female with scarcely the rudiments of the antennal rami. 
Petiole short and broad. Abdomen oval. First joint of tarsi 
nearly as long as all the remainder, but not expanded. 
Type, Eucharis depeivata, Walk. 
Eucharis deprivata, Walk. Ann. Sf May. N. H. (3) vi. pi. 359 
(1860) ; Westw. Thes. Fnt. Oxon. p. 155, pi. xxviii. fig. 6 (1S74). 
Hah. Ceylon. 
