558 NEW SPECIES OP AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



equal in length and width, 11th slightly longer than 10th. Pro- 

 tliorax seven-areolate; slightly transverse; sides strongly incur\ed 

 to middle; base bisinuate, notched in middle; posterior angles 

 acute, anterior obtuse. Scutellum transverse (apparently), feeljly 

 depressed in middle, apex feebly emarginate. Elytra slightly 

 wider than prothorax, almost parallel; with four costte of which 

 the 2nd and 4th are strong, the others feeble; punctures ti"ans- 

 versely oblong, somewhat irregular, in two series only at extreme 

 base, and there very feebly so. Length 6j, width 2i mm. 



9- Differs in having the antennje flatter, less serrate, 8th and 

 9th joints almost equal; prothorax with yellow margins, narrower 

 and with simple abdomen. Length 8^, width 2| mm. 



Hah. — Sydney, Galston, Gosford, N.S.W. 



The punctures are not in douljle rows except at extreme base, 

 the two smaller cost;e appearing to take the place of the finer 

 lines in most species, and are irregular towards apex. The yellow 

 on the prothorax does not extend across the apex as in the pre- 

 ceding species, nor is the suture yellow; it also differs in being 

 duller, prothorax shorter, less produced at apex, elytral punctures 

 different, especially at base and sides, and scutellum less depressed 

 in middle. 



MeTRIORRHYNCHUS CAPUCINUS, n.sp. 



(J. Black ; elj^tra (except apical sixth) of a reddish-orange 

 colour; prothorax reddish, disc sooty; base of femora obscure 

 testaceous. 



Head minutely punctate, vertex concave. Rostrum short. 

 Antennae rather short, 2nd joint concealed, 3rd-10th strongly 

 branched, the branches in the middle longer than the joints, 

 towards base and apex as long, on 3rd commencing in middle of 

 the joint, on 10th at apex, the others intermediate, 11th much 

 longer than 10th. Prothorax transverse, apex rounded, o\er- 

 hanging head, sides almost straight, base bisinuate, scarcely 

 notched in middle; disc with median areole narrow, moderately 

 well defined and connected with apex by a feeble ridge, the others 

 very indistinct. Scutellum small. Elytra subparallel, with four 



