BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 537 



CONOSOMA NONUM, 11. sp. 



Slightly shining; piceous, apices of abdominal segments tinged 

 with red; antennae brown, three basal joints and apex of 11th, 

 the palpi and legs testaceous. Rather densely clothed with short 

 yellowish pubescence, very much shorter (the individual hairs 

 scarcely distinguishable) on el^'tra than elsewhere; apical segments 

 of abdomen with a few long brownish hairs on their sides. 



AntenniB elongate, 9th joint scarceh', 10th rather strongly 

 transverse, 11th about once and one-half the length of 10th, its 

 sides excavated towards apex. Prothorax, elytra and abdomen 

 subequally, densely and minutely punctate and transversely 

 strigose. Prothorax large, moderately transverse, base truncate. 

 Elytra fully once and one-half the length of prothorax, sides 

 decreasing to apex, apex feebly emarginate. Length to apex of 

 elytra '2^, oi abdomen 3^^ mm. 



Hab.—lSlt. Barker, W.A. 



CONOSOMA DECIMUM, n.Sp. 



Colour as in the preceding except that the antennte are some- 

 what paler. Rather sparsely clothed with short ashen pubescence, 

 denser on abdomen than elsewhere, a few straggling hairs towards 

 apex. 



Antennfe elongate, 10th joint not transverse, 11th almost twice 

 the length of 10th. Prothorax almost impunctate; elytra very 

 feebly punctate. Prothorax moderately transverse, base feebly 

 incurved, posterior angles feebly produced. Scutellum distinct, 

 transverse. Elytra once and one-half the length of prothorax, 

 sides subparallel, apex almost truncate. Length to apex of elvtra 

 1|, of abdomen 2| mm. 



Eab. — Swan River, W.A. 



A moderately distinct species, allied in some respects to 

 triangulum, Fauvel. 

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