BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 573 



Genus Simodontus.* 

 SiMODONTUS ELONGATUS, Chaudoir. 



I identify as .S'. elongalus, Chaud., a species from Sydney of 

 which the following is a brief description : — 



Elongate-oval, depressed. Head small, eyes prominent. Pro- 

 thorax subquadrate (2x2-55 mm); base (2-2 mm.) much wider 

 than apex (1-5 mm.); sides lightly rounded; apex deeply emai-gi- 

 nate; anterior angles prominent, obtuse; base lightly emarginate 

 in middle ; posterior angles obtuse, not marked ; inner basal 

 impression on each side of base narrow, elongate, lightly curved 

 outwards, external impression well marked, short. Elytra very 

 little wider than prothorax (4:-7 x 2-8 mm.), parallel on sides; 

 humeral angles subangulate; stria; deep; interstices lightly con- 

 vex, third 3-punctate along third stria; striole at base of second 

 interstice elongate. Episterna of metasternum elongate. Black, 

 nitid, subiridescent ; antennas, tibise and tarsi ferruginous. 

 Length 8, bi-eadth 2-8 mm. 



Hah. : N.S. Wales— Botany near Sydney (Froggatt). 



Differs from S. homomelanus, Germ., which it resembles, by its 

 smaller head, more prominent eyes, prothorax more narrowed to 

 apex, etc. 



SiMODONTUS GRANDICEPS, n.sp. 



(J. Elliptical, depressed; head large; prothorax quadrate, of 

 equal width at base and apex (2-2 mm.), external basal impres- 

 sion of each side short, wide, triangular; elytra truncate-oval, 

 lightly striate ; episterna of metasternum hardly longer than 

 broad; posterior tarsi sulcate externally. Piceous-brown, nitid; 

 legs, antennae, mentum and parts of mouth ferruginous. 



Head wide; front and clypeus lightly biimpressed; impressions 

 wide and shallow on front; eyes large, inclosed behind; orbits 

 well developed behind eyes and projecting from head with same 



* Vide P.L.S.N.S.W. 1889, (2), iv. pp. 732-737, and 1898, Pt. 3, 

 pp. 480-484, for recent notices of the genus SimodonfiM. 



