BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 535 



CONOSOMA QUINTUM, n.Sp. 



Moderately shining ; brownish-testaceous, head darker ; five 

 basal segments of abdomen slightly darker than elytra, their 

 apices paler; antennae and legs testaceous, intermediate joints of 

 the former slightly infuscate. Almost uniformly and moderately 

 clothed with short ashen pubescence; four apical segments of 

 abdomen with a few long black hairs at their sides. 



Antennae elongate, 9th-llth joints flattened, 10th feebly trans- 

 verse, 11th about once and one-fourth longer than 10th. Punc- 

 tures much as in preceding. Prothorax large, feebly transverse, 

 posterior angles feebly produced. Scutellum moderately distinct, 

 strongly transverse. Elytra about once and one-half the length 

 of prothorax and scarcely narrower, apex feebly emai-ginate. 

 Length to apex of elytra 2^, of abdomen 4 mm. 



Hab.—ClareAicG River, N.S.W. 



Allied to rufipaJpe, but broader and less convex than that 

 species. 



CoNOSOMA SEXTUM, n.Sp. 



Shining; brownish -testaceous, head concolorous with prothorax 

 and elytra, the latter paler than five basal segments of abdomen 

 except at their apices; antennae brown, the three basal joints and 

 legs paler. Rather densely and uniformly clothed with short 

 yellowish pubescence, abdomen with a few straggling brown hairs 

 towards apex. 



Antennse rather short, joints subequal, 10th not transverse, 

 11th about once and one-half longer than 10th. Head almost 

 impunctate, prothorax finely punctate, elytra densely and rather 

 strongly, the abdomen more sparsely punctate. Prothorax widely 

 transverse, base almost truncate. Elytra about once and one- 

 fourth longer and scarcely narrower than prothorax, each elytron 

 subquadrate. Length to apex of elytra 2, of abdomen 3^ mm. 



jcfrt6. — Benalla, Vic. (Mr. R. Helms); Swan River, W.A. (Lea). 



A broad depressed species, with rather longer pubescence and 

 thicker hairs than is usual. 



