352 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA 



antennis rostri paullo ante medium insertis, cetera ut M. sub- 

 metallicce ; prothorace sat transverse, sat crasse sat crebre sat 

 rugulose punctulato, basi subbisinuato, lateribus leviter 

 rotundatis ; elytris puncturis sat magnis subquadratis (in striis 

 modice impressis positis) instructis ; pi'osterno antice abbre- 

 viate, vix emarginato. [Long. |-1, lat. j^^ line (vix). 

 Allied to the last preceding three species but distinct from them 

 all by its much darker colour and erect bristles which on the elytra 

 run in longitudinal rows, and also by its shape, the elytra being 

 more rounded on the sides and consequently not quite so wide near 

 the base or behind the middle as in the middle. The rostrum is 

 neai-est to that of M. oblonga, while the antennae resemble those 

 of M. suhmetallica in their short 2nd joint of funicle, &c. The 

 green scales of the upper surface are considerably more conspicuous 

 than in A£. munda. 



S. Australia ; near Port Lincoln. 



MiSOPHRICE SQUAMOSA, Sp.nOV. 



Oblonga, postice (fere ab elytrorum basi) attenuata ; piceo- 

 nigra, antennarum basi tibiisque plus minus rufescentibus ; 

 corpore supra pedibusque squamis fuscis griseisque, corpore 

 subtus squamis argenteo-albidis (certo adspectu subcupreis), 

 densissime vestitis ; rostro sat gracili, vix arcuato, prothorace 

 parum longiori ; longitudinaliter subtiliter 5-carinato, carinis 

 apicem versus obsoletis ; antennis rostri paullo ante medium 

 insertis, funiculi articulis 1-3 gradatim brevioribus, 4-6 3° 

 brevioribus nee transversis, clava basi subtubulato ; pro- 

 thorace sat transverse, a basi ad apicem sat arcuatim angus- 

 tato, crebre for titer subrugulose punctulato, basi vix bisinuato; 

 elytris sat fortiter striatis, striis ciasse obscure (sculptura sub 

 squamis omnino abdita) punctulatis ; prosterno antice (ut M. 

 variabilis) minus abbreviate antice minus emarginato. 



[Long, li, lat. ^ line. 



There is little pattern en this insect ; regarding the darker 



scales as the ground colour one observes two rather inconspicuous 



pale vittse on either side of the prethorax and single whitish scales 



