574 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



Yery close to the preceding, of which it is perhaps a geographical 

 variety ; differs in being more brightly coloured, elytra more 

 noticeably punctate, abdomen differently coloured and head more 

 distinctly impressed. 



Hypattalus longicornis, n.sp. 



Head black, muzzle yellow; antennae brown, three basal joints 

 testaceous outwardly ; prothorax red ; elytra obscure violet. 

 Under surface sooty-brown, metasternum with a bluish gloss, 

 apical segments of abdomen suffused with yellow in middle; legs 

 brown; coxae, knees and apex of tibite paler. Upper surface 

 clothed with short pubescence, dense and erect on elytra, sparse 

 and suberect on prothorax. 



Head highly polished, vertex impunctate; with a feeble longi- 

 tudinal groove, a feeble oblique groove on each side meeting 

 median groove at base of clypeus. Antennae long, thin, passing 

 middle of elytra, 1st joint considerably longer than 2nd, 2nd 

 slightly longer than 3rd, 3rd-4th equal, 5th-9th slightly increasing 

 in length, 10th slightly shorter than 9th and considerably shorter 

 than 11th. Prothorax transversely suboblong, minutely punctate, 

 base margined, a narrow impression continuous with and in front 

 of margin. ■Scutellum raised, subtriangular, finely punctate. 

 Elytra long, more than twice the length of head and prothorax 

 combined, very feebly increasing in width to apex; densely and 

 rather strongly punctured throughout; suture and sides not at all 

 thickened. Legs, especially tibite, long and thin, posterior tibia? 

 almost straight. Length 3|, width 1^ mm. 



Ilah. — Queanbeyan, N.S.W. 



Differs from the description of //. punctulatus in being of a 

 narrower form, elytra almost equally punctured throughout, 

 antennte almost as long as the body, head and pi-othorax highl}' 

 polished, abdomen somewhat differently coloured and the suture 

 of elytra not at all raised or thickened. 



