534 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTEEA, 



AiiteniiJB elongate, 10th joint scarcely ti'ansverse, 11th about 

 once and one-half longer than 10th, apex transversely acuminate. 

 Head very finely longitudinally and transversely strigose; pro- 

 thorax finely punctate and microscopically transversely strigose- 

 elytra and abdoinen densely and finely punctate and transversely 

 strigose. Prothorax feebly transverse, ape.K truncate, posterioi- 

 angles rounded. Elytra not once and one-fourth longer than 

 prothorax, sides almost parallel. Length to aj)ex of elytra 2|, of 

 abdomen 4 mm. 



/Jab.— Forest Reefs, N.S.W. 



Allied to C. activum, but larger. Mr. Olliff says that that 

 species is narrower than rujipalpe; the present one is wider. 



CONOSOMA QUARTUM, U Sp. 



Shining; piceous-brown; elytra with a rather large dark red 

 macula on each side of base, varying in extent and depth of 

 colour; extreme base of prothorax, apical segments of abdomen, 

 half of 5th and apices of all the others tinged with red; three 

 basal and three apical joints of antennse and the legs testaceous. 

 Almost uniformly and rather sparsely clothed with very short 

 ashen pubescence; abdominal segments with a few blackish hairs 

 at sides. 



AntennsB elongate, 10th joint transverse, 11th wide and 

 flattened, about once and one-fourth longer than 10th. Head 

 impunctate ; prothorax finely punctate and finely transversely 

 strigose; elytra more noticeably and abdomen still more noticeably 

 strigose. Prothorax large, feebly transverse, base almost truncate. 

 Elytra scarcely once and one-fourth longer and fully the width of 

 prothorax, sides straight. Length to apex of elytra 2^-, of 

 abdomen 4 mm. 



Hah. — Sj'dney, Windsor, Tamworth, Clarence River, N.S.W. 



Appears to be allied to discum, Fauvel, but that sj^ecies is 

 described as having the prothorax almost twice as wide as long. 



