640 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



//a3.— Inverell, Sydney, N.S.W. 



All my specimens were beaten fi'om thistles. 



Bruchus modicus, n.sp. 



Black; the antennfB and legs (except base of femora and the 

 claw-joints) red. Uniformly clothed with greyish pubescence. 



Head obsoletely carinate between eyes. Antennse moderately 

 stout; joints 5th-10th transverse and feebly serrate. Frothorax 

 feebly transverse, sides and apex rounded, the latter narrower 

 than head across eyes; base (except for scutellar lobe, which is 

 widely rounded) truncate; rather coarsely punctate. ScuteUum 

 transverse, very feebly bilobed. Elytra shaped much as in the 

 preceding, but the striation less distinct. Posterior femora 

 acutely dentate. Length 2|-3| mm. 



Hab. — Swan River. 



I have four specimens from Geraldton which in structure and 

 in the colour of the legs and antennae I cannot distinguish from 

 this species, but which differ in having the clothing denser and 

 the elytra more or less feebly variegated with whitish elongate 

 spots somewhat after the fashion of oblectus. 



Bruchus diversipes, n.sp. 



Black; antennse and part of legs red. Uniformly clothed with 

 greyish pubescence. 



Head obsoletely carinate between eyes. Antennae moderately 

 stout, joints 5th-10th transverse and feebly serrate. Prothorax 

 moderately transverse, sides feel^ly, the apex strongly rounded, 

 apex almost the width of head across eyes; base on each side of 

 the scutellar lobe and the lobe itself truncate; rather coarsely 

 punctate ScuteUum feebly bilobed. Elytra much as in the two 

 preceding species, but rather more coarsely punctate. Posterior 

 femora with a small but very acute tooth. Length 2 (vix) mm. 



//ai.— Galston, N.S.W. 



The smallest species with which I am acquainted. The anterior 

 legs are usually red but with dusky tarsi, the four posterior legs 



