BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 575 



Hypattalus collaris, n.sp. 



Black; prothorax with the sides yellow, the middle occupied 

 by a broad almost parallel-sided patch reaching apex and base; 

 elytra with a purplish gloss; abdominal segments margined with 

 yellow. Elytra with short sparse subei'ect pubescence. 



Head transverse, highly polished; vertex with a scarcely visilile 

 impression ; clypeus with a feeble impression on each side. 

 Antennae short, 3rd-9th joints serrate internall}'. Prothorax 

 transverse, briefly elliptic, scarcely punctate, base feebly margined. 

 Elytra not twice the length of head and prothorax combined, 

 feebly increasing in width to apex, minutely punctate, sides and 

 suture not raised or thickened. Legs moderately long, posterior 

 tibije feebly bent throughout. Length 2, width 14 mm. 



Hah. — Galston, N.S.W. (Dumbrell and Lea). 



Very distinct from any species here described. I have three 

 specimens, the sexes of which I cannot determine. 



• Elytra not of uniform colour. 



Hypattalus dispar, n.sp. 



^. Black, three basal joints of antenna? bordered with yellow 

 prothorax red; elytra deep violet, apex narrowly margined with 

 red. Apices of abdominal segments reddish. Elytra moderately 

 densely clothed with short and very short erect pubescence. 



Head transverse, highly polished, a distinct impression on each 

 side in front. Antennpe moderately long, 3rd joint with an obtuse 

 inner tooth, 4th-9th each with a tooth as long as or longer than the 

 joint itself and each with a few hairs at its tip, tooth of 8th about 

 the longest; lOth-llth elongate, subequal. I'rothorax transverse, 

 impunctate, apex truncate, base rounded and feebly margined. 

 Scutdlum transverse, feebly depressed longitudinally, apex feebly 

 emarginate. Elytra about twice the length of head and prothorax 

 combined, feebly increasing in width to near apex, finely punctate, 

 sides and suture not at all thickened. Legs long, posterior tibife 

 feebly bent throughout. Length 2|, width 11 mm. 



