BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 217 



raised on posterior declivity, each with a row of small punctures 

 at the sides, more distinct near base, and in places and with 

 certain lights appearing raised in the middle. Pectoral canal 

 rather broad, moderately deep ; separation of anterior coxa? 

 sufficiently distinct, their sides hollowed out. Mesosternal plate 

 depressed, densely punctate, not concave ; apex wide, feebly 

 emarginate, base straight, narrow, its width about equal to length, 

 sides incurved. Metastermim densely punctate, sides raised, disc 

 flattened and feebly depressed; episterna each with a continuous 

 row of punctures. Abdomen den?,e\y punctate; 1st segment large, 

 flattened on disc, 2nd distinctly larger than each of intermediates, 

 the combined length of these slightly longer than apical, apical 

 with a veiy feeble transverse impression close to apex. Legs 

 moderately long, densely punctate; four anterior femora almost 

 edentate, teeth of posterior very small; posterior almost extend- 

 ing to apex of abdomen ; tibiae curved at base, anterior xerj 

 feebly bisinuate, all densely punctate but not grooved, a few 

 punctures on the posterior pair confluent but not sufficiently so to 

 cause grooves ; claws small, moderately separated, in certain 

 lights appearing as if soldered together at l)ase. Length 3, 

 rostrum 1; width 14 (vix) mm. 



Hah. — W.A.: "King George's Sound" (Pascoe), Swan River 

 (Lea). 



A specimen, which I take to be the female, is slightly broader; 

 rostrum shining and impunctate except at base, the insertion of 

 antennse about two-fifths from base and the median prothoracic 

 line invisible from most dii'ections, appearing little more than 

 the sides of three pairs of punctures. Mr. Pascoe's diagnosis was 

 probably drawn up from a female specimen. 



Melanterius strabonus, n.sp. 



Elliptic-ovate, shining, moderately convex. Blackish-piceous; 

 elytra feebly tinged with red, legs and rostrum dark reddish- 

 brown, claw-joint and antennae dull red. With short, minute, 

 whitish hairs or scales, confined on prothorax and undersurface 

 to punctui-es, and on elytra to sides of interstices. 



