BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 727 



^. Differs in having antennae somewhat shorter, with the chib 

 smaller, metasternum impressed only between hind coxae, and 

 abdomen without granules or longitudinal impression. 



Hah. — New South Wales : Ourimbah, in moss; Forest Reefs — 

 Tasmania : Huon River(A. M. Lea). 



From E. nigra distinguished by the very feeble impression on 

 metasternum and much smaller abdominal granules; from E. 

 HelencB by the different tenth joint of antennae; from E. nigriclava 

 by the unarmed tibiae; and from E. hicolor by the shorter antennae 

 and very different abdomen. 



EUPINES INDISTINCTA, n.Sp, 



^. Dark piceous-brown, elytra somewhat paler, appendages still 

 paler, but not very pale. Upper surface glabrous, except of 

 abdomen, which is very finely pubescent. 



Head with interocular impressions absent, and frontal ones 

 extremely faint. Antennae with second joint subglobular, third 

 to ninth short, tenth fairly large and transverse, eleventh briefly 

 ovate. Prothorax and elytra as in the two preceding species. 

 Metasternum rather widely and shallowly impressed. Abdomen 

 with a feeble impression on second segment. Front trochanters 

 very obtusely dentate. Length 1 mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania: Launceston, in tussocks; Huon River, Hobart 

 (A. M. Lea). 



Distinguished from the three preceding species, and from E. 

 bicolor, by the basal segment of the abdomen, which has a minute 

 median impression marking the apex of a feeble triangular depres- 

 sion, the base of which is at the apex of the segment. Both 

 impression and depression are extremely feeble, however, and 

 both can usually not be seen at the same time. From some 

 directions the median depression appears as a minute tubercle. 

 The tenth joint of antennae is distinctly larger than in either of 

 the two preceding species, but is smaller than in E. Helence. 



Some specimens, which are probably females of the species, 

 differ from the males in being slightly smaller, antennae shorter 

 with tenth joint much smaller, metasternum impressed only 



