BY ARTHUll M. LEA. 53'^ 



upper, legs palei' ; antennae with 4th-10th joints infuscate. 

 Clothed with modei'ately short golden pubescence, spai'ser on 

 head and disc of prothorax than elsewhere. 



Antennae with 6th-10th joints slightly transverse but increasing 

 to 10th, 11th not as long as two preceding combined. Prothorax 

 spar.sely and minutely, elytra rather more densely punctate. 

 Prothorax lar^e, transverse, posterior angles slightly produced. 

 Elytra narrower and slightly longer than prothorax, sides decreas- 

 ing to apex, suture feebly raised. Length to apex of elytra 1, of 

 abdomen 2| mm. 



Hnb. — Clarence River, N.S.W. 



Resembling some species of Tachyporus, but with the abdomen 

 unmargined. 



CONOSOMA SECUNDUM, n.sp. 



Feebly shining; pale testaceous; intermediate antennal joints 

 very slightly infuscate. Clothing as in lanceolntuvt. 



Antennae with 9th-10th joints slightly transverse and feebly 

 transversely impressed, 11th not much longer than 10th. Pro- 

 thorax finely, elytra densely and minutely punctate. Prothorax 

 large, slightly transA'erse, posterior angles rather strongly pro- 

 duced. Elytra about once and one-fourth longer and slisfhtly 

 narrower than prothorax, apex rather strongly emarginate. 

 Length to apex of elytra 1^ (vix), of abdomen 2^ mm. 



J lab. — Sydney, Galston, N.S.W. 



My specimens on a first glance would appear to be immature 

 but this I am convinced is not the case. 



CONOSOMA TERTIUM, n Sp. 



Shining; black; elytra with a large suboblique dark red patch, not 

 quite touching suture, terminating before apex and somewhat 

 variable in extent; abdomen scarcely as dark as prothorax and 

 each of the segments tinged with red at apex; palpi and two l)asal 

 joints of antennae yellow, apical joints diluted with testaceous, 

 legs reddish, posterior darker than the others. Rather sparsely 

 (except on abdomen) clothed with short ashen pubescence, 

 abdomen with long black hairs at the sides towards apex. 



