BY A. SIDNEY OLLIFF, F.E.S. 155- 



fuscous spot near the anterior margin on eacli side of the middle ; 

 anterior angles strongly rounded ; the sides slightly constricted 

 behind the middle. Scutellum finely and not very closely jiunc- 

 tnred. Elytra more than twice as long as the head and protliorax 

 together, closely and moderately strongly rugulose-punctate ; each 

 elytron with three obscure costal ; the external apical angles 

 obtuse ; the internal angles rounded. Underside rather finely 

 and closely punctured ; the presternum testaceous ; the mesoster- 

 num, metasternum, and abdominal segments dark fuscous with a 

 steel-blue tinge ; the metasternum thickly clothed with long grey 

 pubescence at the sides, the space between the posterior processes 

 without pubescence and finely aciculate. Legs moderately long ; 

 the anterior pair testaceous with the bases of the femora and the 

 tips of the tibiae fuscous ; the intermediate and posterior ])airs 

 fuscous with the knees and the tips of the tibice dark reddish 

 testaceous. Length 9i mm. 



Longford, Tasmania. 



A single specimen captured settling on the flowers of Leptosper- 



mum. Except for its antennae this remarkable species has the 



fades of the Telephoridce, but its heteromerous tarsi and spined 



metasternum are characters which at once distinguish it from the 



Malacoderms. 



