612 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTBRA, 



A dingy species having the apex of the elytra feebly mottled; 

 there is a very irregular, bilobed naked ring immediately behind 

 the middle of the suture in most of my specimens; the shape and 

 length of the funicular joints are this species' sti'ongest features; 

 the eyes are less round than is usual. 



I have four specimens from Perth which have been in spirits 

 for some time and which apparently belong to this species. On 

 them there is a feeble median prothoracic carina and no median 

 vitta, the sutural stripe is absent, the scales on the elytra being 

 evenly distributed, except for small naked patches, and arranged 

 about five deep on each interstice. The sexual differences are 

 very slight (I have a pair taken in cop.)\ in ^ the rostrum is 

 irregular in the middle, in 2 it is obsoletely costate; ^ also has a 

 slightly lai'ger and thicker posthumeral tubercle. 



GoNiPTERUS ciONOiDES, Pasc. (Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5021). — This 

 very pretty little species is extremely abundant on some low- 

 growing shrubs about Sydney and Galston ; nevertheless it is 

 seldom beaten into the umbrella or sheet on account of its clinging 

 haliits. On one plant alone I have seen several hundreds of 

 specimens. 



GoNiPTERus RETicuLATUS, Boisd. (Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5028). — 

 The description of this species is truly Boisduvallian, being simply: 

 " Niger, thorace rugoso, elytris cancellatis." Nevertheless out of 

 about sixty species of the subfamily I know, this description will 

 fit l)ut Oxyops cancellata, Bohem. 



G. EXARATUS, Farhs. ; I.e. 5022. Hah. — Tasmania (Mr. A. 

 Sim son). 



G. scuTELLATUs, Gyll. ; I.e. 5029. Hah. — Tasmania (Mr. A. 

 Simson). 



G. GIBBERUS, Boisd.; I.e. 5024. Hah. — Clarence River. 



G. SL'TURALis, Gyll. ; I.e. 5031. Hah. — Burrawang, N.S.W. 

 (Mr. T. G. Sloane). 



Bryachus squamicollis, Pasc. (Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5017). — I 

 have this species from all the Australian Colonies except Tas- 

 mania. It is somewhat variable as regards the colour and density 

 of its scales, and, to a less extent^ the colour of the derm. 



