BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 539 



about once and one-half longer than prothorax, sides straight, 

 apex almost truncate. Length to apex of elytra 2, of abdomen 

 S^ mm. 



Hab.— Sydney, X.S.W. 



Differs from C. 7'ufipalpe, Macleay, in being more convex, elytra 

 and antenna? differently coloured, longer antenna? and conspicuous 

 scutellum. 



CONOSOMA LAXCEOLATUM, n.sp. 



Shining ; testaceous. Uniformly clothed with short golden 

 pubescence; abdomen with long black hairs at the sides, which 

 on the penultimate segment are rather more dense and extend 

 backwards on each side. 



Feebly punctate. Prothorax moderately transverse, posterior 

 angles very feebly produced. Elytra at base the width of pro- 

 thorax and along suture noticeably longer, apex very feebly 

 emarginate. Length to apex of elytra 1^, of abdomen 2^ mm. 



^a6.— Clarence River, KS.W. 



A very distinct species, of which I have but two specimens; 

 there are others in the collection of the New South Wales Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



C. PERSONATUM, Fvl. Hub. — Dalmorton, N.S.W. 



C. niPENNE, Fvl. Hab. — Beverley, W.A. 



C. TRIANGULUM, Fvl. Hab. — Pinjarrah, Swan River, Mt. 

 Barker, W.A.; Forest Reefs, N.S.W. 



C. RUFiPALPE, Macl. Nab. — -Tweed, Richmond and Clarence 

 Rivers, Forest Reefs, Sydney, N.S.W. 



C. ELONGATULUM, Macl. Hab. — Windsor, Sydney, Tweed 

 River, N.S.W. 



Leucocraspedum Sidneiense, Fvl. Hab. — Galston, Sydney, 

 N.S.W\ 



Tachynoderus australis, Fvl. Hab. — Wide Bay, Q. 

 T. h.emorrhous, Fvl. Hab. — Sydney. 



