576 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



9- Differs in having the head less transverse and with smaller 

 eyes, shorter antenna;, of which the 3rd 10th joints are serrate 

 only, and the 11th noticeably longer than 10th. 



ffab.— Galaton, N.S.W. 



The only known species in the genus having pectinate antennae 

 in the male. I have a pair taken in cop. 



Hypattalus viridis, n.sp. 



Head deep black, with a purplish gloss; antennfia black, basal 

 joints more or less suffused with yellow; prothorax red; elytra of 

 a deep rather dingy green, apex with a subtriangular reddish 

 patch. Under surface black ; edges of aVjdominal segments 

 reddish; legs black, femora and tibiae tipped with yellow, anterior 

 almost wholly yellovv. Elytz*a rather densely clothed with pale 

 suberect pubescence. 



Head transverse, highly polished, disc almost impunctate, a 

 shallow punctate impression on each side of clypeus. Antenn:e 

 rather long, 7th 10th joints slightly serrate, 11th distinctl}^ longer 

 than 10th. Prothorax transverse, apex and base rounded, the 

 latter margined and narrower than apex. Elytra, convex, about 

 once and one-half the length of head and prothorax combined, 

 feebly increasing to near apex, densely and moderately strongly 

 punctured except towards apex, suture almost imperceptibly 

 thickened. Legs long and thin, posterior til)ire rather strongly 

 curved. Length 2 J, width l^mm. 



^a6.—Tam worth, N.S.W. 



Differs from the preceding b}' its more convex form, longer and 

 almost simple aatenme, and differently punctured elytra, ifec. 



Hypattalus violaceus, n.sp. 



Head black; antennai black, basal joints more or less yellow; 

 prothorax red ; elytra deep violet, in some specimens with a 

 peculiar greenish gloss. Under surface black, intermediate seg- 

 ments of abdomen suffused with red; knees and anterior tibiae 

 obscure testaceous. Elytra rather sparsely clothed with short 

 pale ad pressed pubescence. 



