DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 55 



Thanasimus subsimllis, n. s. 



Head, thorax, and legs of a reddish yellow. Elytra pale yellow, with 

 two broad, transverse, blackish brown bands ; a slight blackish 

 brown line on the edge of the base of the elytra ; the posterior 

 band wider than the anterior. Elytra covered with minute 

 punctures ; a few slightly raised longitudinal keels down each 

 elytron ; tips of elytra at suture brownish black. 



Length 4£ lines. 



Thaneroceerus accinctus Neiwm. 

 Var. Clerus viduus Westw. 



Antenna? pitch- coloured. Thorax black. Legs black ; femora 

 chestnut at the base. 



Length 3| lines. 



Hab. Yan Diemen's Land. 



Var. Clerus medianus Westw. 

 Somewhat narrow, black, scarcely shining, closely covered with 

 very delicate punctures. Antennas slightly clavate, short, chest- 

 nut, as is the mouth. Labial palpi brown. Prothorax of a blood- 

 red colour. Elytra with a straight white band across the middle, 

 and a small triangular common white spot at the tip. Legs tes- 

 taceous, with white setae. Metasternum black. Posterior coxae 

 testaceous. Posterior margin of segments of abdomen testa 

 ceous. 



Length 3£ lines. 



Hab. Van Diemen's Land. 



Notoxus congrcus Newm. 



Var. Opilus femoralis Westw. 



Of a pitch-brown. Elytra with striated punctures ; a wide trans- 

 verse yellow band a little behind the middle ; tips yellow. An- 

 tennae and legs chestnut; the basal half of the femora pale 

 yellow ; antennae of the male more elongated. Female twice as 

 large as male ; antennae short, and legs duller in colour. 



Length from 4 to 6 lines. 



Hab. Australia, King George's Sound. 



