634: NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



An entirely black species, except for the antenna?, and having 

 the outline of the elytral punctures much obscured by granula- 

 tions; the elytral epipleurse are more distinct than is usual in the 

 genus. 



Haplonyx uniformis, n.sp. 



Dull red ; scutellum and coxse piceous. The entire upper- 

 surface (except rostrum) equally covered with pale brown or 

 testaceous scales, appearing circular under a Coddington lens, but 

 subquadrate under a compound microscope; on the elytra there 

 are a few indistinct spots of paler scales. Roslrmn parallel-sided,, 

 flat ; a little longer than prothorax, almost equally punctate 

 throughout. Scape scarcely passing muzzle; 1st joint of funicle 

 more than half the length of 2nd-7th, and almost as long as club. 

 Prothorax widely transverse, base bisinuate; scutellar lobe semi- 

 circular. ScuteUum punctate, elongate, not squamose. Elytra 

 with very feeble traces of stria?, and punctures, if present, entirely 

 concealed by scales. Under surface with squarish white scales, 

 becoming straw-coloured and much denser on sides of sterna. 

 Femora thick, anterior with but one tooth, and that very small; 

 tibiae straight, almost without sinuosity; tarsi large; claw -joint 

 very small and traceable only with difficulty. Length 2^ (vix), 

 width 14 mm. 



Hab.—l<iew South Wales (Mr. Kershaw, Senr.). 



A small species with several unusual characters; the tibite in 

 all the species I have examined are usually noticeably bisinuate 

 or else strongly curved; in this species, however, they appear to 

 be perfectly straight on the undersurface, being scarcely inter- 

 rupted by a very small projection a little l^efore the apex; the 

 femoral tooth is also very minute. It is also the only species I 

 have seen in which the club is concolorous with the rest of the 

 antennae. The scales on the upper surface are unusually laro'e, 

 regular, and closely applied to the derm. 



Haplonyx longipilosus, n.sp. 



Dull brownish-red, under surface and club darker; scutellumi 

 piceous. Bead flattened, punctate, granulate, feebly squamose. 



