BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 215 



first joiuts of the anterior tarsi dilatate and spongiose below, (the 

 fourth small and very slig-htly spongiose) ; middle tarsi with two 

 first joints spongiose. The last joint of the tarsi narrow, not 

 flattened. Prosternum very lightly impressed or even quite 

 smooth between the coxse. 



Length 13-15, breadth 4|-5|mra. 



Hah. — Wallangarra, the border station on the railway from 

 Sydney to Brisbane. Taken by Mr. W. Kershaw of Melbourne 

 in December last year. 



It is very closely allied to P. hunterietisis, from which it differs 

 most noticeably by its more robust and convex form, and in the 

 marginal border of the prothorax being much less sinuate before 

 the basal angles. The measurements in the description are taken 

 from a (J 14 mm. long. 



Promecoderus clivinoides. 



P. clivinoides, Guer. Rev. Zool. p. 189, 1841, No. 4; Putz. 

 Stett. Eat. Zeit. 1868, p. 341 ; P. minutus, Casteln. I.e. p. 167. 



This species is unknown to me. The following is a translation 

 of M. Putzeys' very detailed description. 



Of a brilliant bronzed brown ; mouth, palpi and tarsi tes- 

 taceous, the apex of each article of the antennae is of a clear 

 brown. The lobes of the meutum are obtusely pointed internally ; 

 the median tooth keeled, rather long and narrow with the point 

 obtu.se. The last article of the palpi is of an elongate oval form 

 equally narrowed at both ends and truncate at the apex. The 

 antennee reach the posterior lateral punctures of the prothorax ; 

 they are slender and filiform. The labrum is subtruncate with 

 the angles obtuse ; its surface is convex without a central sulcus. 

 The clypeus is a little more emarginate ; the impression which 

 separates it from the vertex is only noticeable in the middle, and 

 has on each side a piliferous puncture much smaller than those of 

 the clypeus. The post-ocular prominences are greatly developed, 

 as large as the free part of the eyes, the juxta-ocular channels 

 diverge behind. 



