350 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



2° 3°que sequalibus, his conjiinctis 1° sequalibus, ceteris 

 obconicis inter se sat arete conjunctis; prothorace vix trans- 

 verso, a basi ad apieem (vix arcuatim) angustato, fortius sat 

 crebre punctulato, basi leviter bisinnato ; elytris puncturis 

 sat crebris subquadratis minoribus (in striis leviter irapressis 

 positis) instructis ; prosterno antice abbreviate, vix emar- 

 ginato. [Long. l,i,-l|, lat. | line. 



In all the specimens that I have examined of this species there 



is a conspicuous deep impression occupying the whole of the 



middle part of the basal two ventral segments. 

 S. Australia ; near Port Lincoln. 



MiSOPHRICE OBLONGA, sp.nOV. 



Oblonga, postice baud latior ; supra testacea, capite (rostro 



excepto), antennis (basi excepta), elytris circa scutellum et 



taisis, piceis ; subtus rufescens, pectore piceo-viridi ; supra 



squamis suberectis pallid is minus conspicuis vestita ; rostro 



arcuato minus gracili, prothorace baud longiori, supra minus 



convexo 5-carinato, carinis antice vix obsoletis ; antennis sat 



nitidis, rostri paullo ante medium insertis, funiculi articulo 



2° 3° paullo longiori, his conjunctis 1° iequali, ceteris trans- 



ver.sis ; pi'othorace vix transvei'so, a basi ad apieem (vix 



arcixatim) angustato, crasse crebre punctulato, basi vix mani- 



feste bisinnato ; elytris puncturis sat magnis subquadratis (in 



striis leviter impressis positis) instructis ; prosterno antice 



abbreviate vix emarginato. [Long. 1 (vix), lat. ^ line. 



This species is very like M. submetallica, but I feel confident 



that it is not a mere variety. Apart from its very much smaller 



size and somewhat different colouring (the rostrum and prothorax 



being testaceous), it is very different in outline, the elytra not 



increasing in width behind the basal fifth part of their length and 



being gradually attenuated in the apical quarter. It is also to be 



noted that the rostrum is distinctly shorter and that the joints in 



the antennal funicle are somewhat differently proportioned. In the 



two examples that I have seen the basal two ventral segments are 



longitudinally concave as in M. suhmetallica. 



S. Australia ; near Port Lincoln. 



