Abstract
Two new genera are described for some species of Cryptocephalinae from the Australasian region. Melatia is erected for 29 species hitherto described in Cadmus Erichson, Cryptocephalus Geoffroy and Lachnabothra Saunders, from New Guinea and nearby islands; Ditropidella for four species described in Coenobius Suffrian and Ditropidus Erichson, from southern Australia.