BY AHTHUK M. LEA. 725 



the head and abdomen as piceous-black, and the type as from 

 Tasmania. 



Some of the specimens have the head no darker than the pro- 

 thorax, but on others it is almost black. The dilatation of the 

 front tibife, although distinct, is much less so than in several 

 other species, and has hardly a trace of a dentate a^ipearance. 



EUPINES HELENiE, n.sp. 



$. Dark piceous-brown, legs and palpi of a rather dingy casta- 

 aieous. Upper surface (except of abdomen, which is very finely 

 .pubescent) glabrous. 



Head with a small but rather deep puncture close to each eye; 

 •frontal impressions absent. Antennae rather short, second joint 

 slightly longer than wide, third to ninth short, tenth large, feebly 

 transverse, eleventh ovate, slightly smaller than tenth. Prothorax 

 rather short, widest quite close to apex. Elytra about as long 

 as wide, apex very little wider than base; without traces of dorsal 

 strife. Metastermim rather vaguely impressed along middle. 

 Abdomen with a fairly di.stinct impression along middle of second 

 segment. Front Irochanters somewhat obtusely dentate. Length 

 I mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania: Huon River, in tussocks; Hobart, in moss(A. 

 M. Lea). 



More elongate than E. nigra, and tenth joint of antennae con- 

 siderably larger, with metasternum much less impressed along 

 ^middle. 



One of the specimens before me is almost black, another is of 

 a ratlier dark reddish-brown. The tenth joint is slightly shorter 

 than the eleventh, but its bulk is slightly more. I have named 

 this species after my eldest daughter, whose quick eyes have 

 frequently been of assistance to me, when examining sievings 

 from mosses and tussocks for insects. 



EUPINES NIGRICLAVA, n.sp. 



^. Blackish-brown, elytra dark reddish-brown, legs somewhat 

 •paler; antennae slightly darker than legs, but club distinctly 

 darker. Clothing as in the preceding species. 



