634 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



sided to beyond the middle; narrowly striate, the alternate inter- 

 stices seriately punctate and wider than striae. Basal segments 

 of abdomen strongly convex, not longitudinally impressed. 

 Anterior femora stout, intermediate pedunculate, posterior pedun- 

 culate, the swollen portion commencing immediately behind elytra, 

 with a large obtuse tooth and internally bisulcate; anterior tibiae 

 serrate externally, terminal hook the length of 1st tarsal joint, 

 posterior tibiae as long as two following joints combined, strongly 

 curved at base, dilated and rounded towards apex, apex multi- 

 dentate. Length (rost. inch) 7, width 1^ mm. 



9. Differs in being somewhat paler, the swollen portion of the 

 posterior femora very feebly sulcate and with sparser hair. 



Hah. — Tweed and Richmond Rivers, N.S.W. 



Cyphagggus delicatus, n.sp. 



Bright red, shining, prothorax somewhat darker; elytra with 

 two large black subquadrate spots about the middle. Prothorax 

 and legs feebly pubescent; alternate interstices of elytra with 

 regular erect setae. 



Head smooth, a small puncture between eyes, near base strongly 

 constricted. Rostrum the length of head to constriction. 

 Antennae with three apical joints forming a feeble club. Pro- 

 thorax somewhat pear-shaped; impunctate; without median line. 

 Ely Ira narrower than prothorax, parallel-sided to near apex, 

 which is rounded; narrowly striate, the sutural stria rather deep 

 and wide; the alternate interstices wider than striae and seriately 

 punctate, the 1st obsolete from beyond the middle. Basal seg- 

 ments of abdomen feebly or not at all impressed along the middle. 

 Anterior femora stout, the four posterior pedunculate; posterior 

 tibiae the length of two basal joints of tarsi. Length 4|, width 

 ■| mm. 



Hah.—Gsl^ion, N.S.W. (Dumbrell and Lea). 



I have two specimens from the Tweed River which differ in 

 being larger (7 mm.), impunctate between eyes, the prothorax 

 blackish except towards apex, and punctate and with the posterior 



