556 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



joint of Stenolophus, with wjaich genus the vestiture of the dilated 

 tarsal joints of the male quite agrees. 



N. Territory of S. Australia ; taken by Mr. Hedblooin. 



ACUPALPUS MORGANENSIS, sp.nOV. 



Elongatus, sat parallelus ; niger, prothorace paullo rufescenti, 

 elytris nonnihil viridi-micantibus, antennarum basi palpis 

 pedibusque pallide testaceis, marginibus lateralibus et elytro- 

 rum sutura rufis testaceisve ; capite inter oculos utrinque 

 sulcula arcuata impresso ; prothorace elytris parum angustiori 

 parum transverso, postice paullo angustato, canaliculato, 

 utrinque basin versus impresso, parte impressa subfortiter 

 punctnlata, lateribus leviter rotundatis, angulis anticis vix 

 productis, posticis rotundato-obtusis ; elytris sat fortiter 

 striatis, stria abbreviata prope sculellum nulla, interstitiis 

 sat planis, 3° pone medium puncturam singulam ferenti. 



[Long. 2, lat. y^ line, 



A very elongate narrow species wliicli I place provisionally in 

 Acupalpus on account of the following characters in combination, 

 penultimate joint of labial palpi bisetose, front and middle tai'si of 

 male dilated (the vestiture of the under surface consisting of long 

 hair-like scales thinly placed, — tliis is not quite accordant with 

 Acupalpus) the 4th tarsal joint not bilobed. I do not suppose 

 that it can remain permanently in Acupalpus, — indeed the vesti- 

 ture of the male tarsi (which is almost like that of Leptopochis or 

 Simodontus in the Feronides) together with the absence of a 

 scutellar elytral stria might justify my giving a new generic name 

 at once, — but there are doubtless so many more small Australian 

 Harpalides yet to be discovered than have hitherto been described 

 that it seems to me wiser for the present to refer new species as 

 much as possible to the old genera and leave the generic question 

 to be dealt with less piecemeal, — a course which will not mislead 

 so long as generic peculiarities are carefully recorded when 

 describing the species, and it is merely the creation of a new name 

 that is omitted. 



