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ME. F. P. PASCOE ON THE CURCTTLIONIDjE. 



transversis; clava distincta. Oculi parvi, rotundati, grosse 

 granulati, JProthorax ampliato-rotundatus. Scutellum obsole- 

 tum. Elytra oblonga, vel ovata ( $ ), prothorace paulo latiora, 

 basi simiata. Pedes mediocres ; femora incrassata ; tibicd 

 rectse, intus sinuatse, apice dilatata?, posticae corbellis apertis, 

 resupinatis ; tarsi modice elongati ; unguiculi liberi, approximati ; 

 coxce anticae sejunctse. Metasternum breve. Processus inter- 

 coxalis truncatus. Abdomen segmentis 3-4 brevibus, sutura 

 prima arcuata. 



This genus lies between Trachyphloeus and Asceparnus, and is 

 differentiated by the form of its posterior tarsi. Individually the 

 two species here described vary considerably in their markings ; 

 and, although very nearly allied, I have no difficulty in separating 

 them at first sight. 



Timareta figurata. (PI. XII. fig. 8.) T. fusca, sat dense squa- 

 mulosa, setulis interjectis ; antennis pedibusque subferrugineis, illis 

 vage setulosis ; capite inter oculos paulo incurvo ; fronte depressa ; 

 prothorace latitudine parum longiore, albido squamuloso, fusco macu- 

 latim vario ; elytris seriatim punctatis, interstitiis planatis, albido- 

 squamulosis, in medio et ad latera plerumque fusco nebulosis, inter- 

 stitio quarto saepissime niveo, postice fascia lata communi conjuncto 

 et plus minusve ad apicem currente ; corpore infra fusco vel castaneo 

 pilis squamulisque tecto. Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Swan River (Fremantle). 



Timareta satellina. T. prsecedenti valde affinis, sed squamulis 

 plerumque concoloribus, minoribus, minus approximatis, elytris lon- 

 gioribus, interstitiis paulo convexis, apice niveis. Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Fremantle. 



Atmesia glaucina. A. ferruginea, supra squamulis griseis, viridulis 

 intermixtis, dense tecta, subtus minus squamosa; fronte rostroque 

 leviter longitudinaliter impressis ; funiculo articulis duobus basalibus 

 longitudine sequalibus ; clava elliptica ; prothorace transverso, utrinque 

 fortiter rotundato, angulis posticis obsoletis ; elytris ovalibus, subti- 

 liter sulcatis, humeris obsoletis ; pedibus ferrugineis sat sparse squa- 

 mosis. Long. 2\ lin. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



This species is doubtfully referred to Atmesia on account of 

 the form of the prothorax and elytra. The genus itself may pro- 

 bably be better placed in the Leptopinae ; but all my specimens 

 having been gummed to paper, the characters of the mouth, owing 

 to the gum, cannot be clearly seen. 



