BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 767 



one-half the length of tifth; lower surface widely flattened along 

 middle. Metasteriium widely and gently concave in middle. 

 Legs rather long; trochanters unarmed, tibise thin, the middle 

 pair strongly spurred at apex. Length 14-2 mm. 



O. Ditlers in having somewhat shorter antennae, the joints of 

 the club smaller, and the apical joint ovate and not incurved at 

 its tip; ventral segments not flattened along middle, metasternura 

 less concave, and the legs somewhat shorter, with the middle 

 tibiae not spurred. 



Hah. — Tasmania : Waratah, Ulverstone, Mount Wellington, 

 Hobart(A. M. Lea). 



Most of its punctures are small and inconspicuous, so that this 

 species should probably be referred to Raffray's section of the 

 genus "Al, Entirely smooth." At any rate the punctures are 

 far less conspicuous than those of the other section known to me 

 (7'. nigricornis, T. cribratus, T. Mastersi, T. clispar). From the 

 species belonging to Al, it differs from 7\ loivis a,nd the preceding 

 in being rather densely pubescent on the upper surface; the apical 

 joints of the antennae are almost as figured in T. nitidus, but the 

 abdomen is very different at the apex, and the legs are unarmed. 

 Tlie elytra have the basal half more or less dark than the 

 apical half, but the shades of colour are not sharply liudted. One 

 specimen has the abdomen almost black. The joints of the club 

 are usually slighter darker than the rest of the antennae. The 

 curvature at the apex of the eleventh joint of the male is very 

 pionounced from some directions, and its inner portion is some- 

 what concave. The head is described as transverse because its 

 upper surface is certainly wider than long; hut the lower surface, 

 in consequence of the muzzle being lengthened, is longer than 

 wide. Many specimens were obtained from moss, and one from 

 fallen leaves. 



Tyromorphus l.evis RaftV. 



There is Ijefore me a female (from the Tweed River), the only 

 sex described, that was returned by M. Raffray as T. Icevis; and 

 as his type was originally received from me and from the Tweed 

 River, this specimen can fairly be regarded as a cotype. In most 



