75 
tlie abdominal segments piceous, highly polished, and sparingly 
pubescent. Legs sparingly setose. Length 20-22 mm. 
Lord Howe Island. 
Allied to Ceresium pachymernm, Pasc., but with the prothorax 
broader and the legs darker in colour. 
ANTHKIBIILE. 
Metadoticus, gen. nov . (Pascoe in litt .) 
Head almost as broad as long ; rostrum a little shorter than 
the head, robust, slightly narrowed at the base, truncate in 
front, the dorsal surface very slightly convex ; antennal 
scrobes short, lateral and oblique. Eyes simple, very large 
and convex, the granulation coarse. Antennce about as long 
as the rostrum, head, and prothorax together, slender, 11- 
jointed; the first two enlarged, the 3rd to 8tli slender, the last 
three broadly dilated and depressed, forming a loose-j tinted 
club, the terminal joint somewhat pointed at the apex. Pro- 
tliorax broadly transverse, greatly narrowed in front, the 
sides for the basal half of their length and posterior margin 
strongly elevated, the posterior angles acute. Scutellum 
small, rounded behind. Elytra very short, strongly convex, 
somewhat narrowed behind, at their base a little broader than 
the prothorax, with a large elongate crest-like elevation near 
the base on each side of the scutellum, the humeral angles 
elevated. Legs rather long, enlarged towards their extremity, 
the anterior pair in both sexes compressed and longer than 
the others ; tarsi with the 1st joint much longer than the 2nd, 
the 3rd small, bilobed ; claws with a small arcuate tooth near 
the base. In the female the anterior legs are longer than in 
the male; the tarsi are greatly enlarged and dilated. Pygidiuin 
triangular. 
This genus appears to be very distinct from any known 
Australian form, and I have some hesitation in indicating its 
affinities ; it seems, however, to approach Lacordaire’s group 
Phlceopliilides, especially to that portion of the group contain- 
ing the genus Ethneca and allies. A species in the Australian 
Museum bearing the MS. name Metadoticus master si, Pasc., i* 
evidently closely related to the species here described, and I 
propose to retain the generic name, as it does not appear to 
have been appropriated in any other group. 
M^iTAnone^s pestilens, sp. n . 
Ovate, strongly convex, pitchy-brown, rather closely covered 
with ferruginous-grey pubescence. Head moderately convex, 
densely pubescent, with an indistinct impression in front ; a 
feeble median line. Antennce testaceous, the three terminal 
• - # 
