BY A. SIDNEY OLLIFF, F.E.S. 475 



Black, shining, finely pubescent ; head strongly punctured on 

 each side ; prothorax with a dorsal series of five or six punctures 

 on each side ; elytra piceous or i-eddish testaceous, the outer apical 

 angles pale testaceous. 



Head densely and strongly punctured behind the eyes, the disc 

 smooth. Antennae a little longer than the head, reddish brown, 

 the 3rd joint almost shorter than the 2nd. Prothorax broad, 

 short, strongly rounded in front, a little narrowed behind, with a 

 dorsal series of five or six strong punctures, and a lateral series of 

 five punctures on each side. Scutellum with two or three impres- 

 sions. Elytra with irregular rows of fine punctures. Legs 

 reddish testaceous. Length 5^-7 mm. 



Melbourne, Vict^oria ; a cosmopolitan and introduced species. 



117. Leptacinus Novae Hollandiae. 



Leptacinus Novae Hollandiae, Fauvel, Ann. JNIus. Genov. X, 

 p. 236 (1877). 



Elongatus, niger, nitidissimus, ore, antennis pedibusque rufis, 

 thorace, scutello, elytrorumque basali parte piceis, his caeterum 

 ffegmentisque 6-7 apice pallide testaceis ; antennis articulis 4-10 

 brevissimis, duplo latioribus quam longioribus, 11° magno, oblongo- 

 acuminato ; capite magno, mandibulis exceptis tertia parte longiore 

 quam latiore, sat convexo, subparallelo, basi subtruncato, parum 

 dense sat fortiter punctato, linea longitudinali laevi^ angulis 

 posticis rotundatis ; thorace elongato, gracili, capite tertia fere 

 parte angustiore, dimidio fere longiore quam latiore, basi quam 

 antice angustiore, post medium sat fortiter coarctato, basi truncate, 

 seriebus dorsalibus subtiliter 12, externis duplicibus, circiter 

 6-punctatis, non confusis ; elytris thorace duplo latioribus, vix 

 longioribus, sat dense subtilius seriatim, abdomine utrinque sat 

 pares subtiliter punctatis. Long. 4 mm. {Fvl.) 



Rockhampton, Queensland ; Victoria ; West Australia. 



