572 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



Hypocilibe inconspicua, sp.nov. 



Ovata ; sat convexa ; nigra, palpis antennarum parte apicali et 

 tarsis plus minus picescentibus vel rufescentibus, tarsis subtus 

 et tibiarum apice summo auricomatis ; supra (labro sat nitido 

 sparsim punctulato excepto) sat opaca coriacea vix manifeste 

 punctulata ; subtus sat nitida laevigata; segmentis ventralibus 

 basalibus 3 longitudinaliter rugatis ; prothorace quam longiori 

 fere duplo latiori, postice quam antice minus dimidio latiori, 

 antice minus profunde subsinuatini emarginato, latitudine 

 majori fere in medio posita, lateribus sat rotundatis pone 

 medium vix sinuatis, angulis omnibus parum acutis, posticis 

 minime productis ; elytris prothorace 4^ parte latioribus ; 

 tarsorum articulis singulis basin versus parum angustatis. 



Maris [1) tarsorum anticorum articulo 1° 2° duplo longiori, tibiis 

 posticis intus pilis aureis seriatim vestitis. 



[Long. 7?, lat. 4 lines. 



The length of the protliorax down the middle line is li lines 

 while the distance between the apices of the anterior and posterior 

 angles is scarcely 2 lines and the middle of a line joining the apices 

 of the two front angles would be scai'cely more than 1 line distant 

 from the middle of the front of the prothorax. The gular sulcus 

 is narrower and less profound than in the preceding three species 

 and forms a more evenly curved line, the submentum being scarcely 

 difterent from tliat of II. keta except in its lateral projections being 

 perhaps a trifle less strong. The presternum is not prominent in 

 front, its hinder part being convex down the middle with a strong 

 stria on either side and the hind apex scarcely bifid. The front 

 coxte are distinctly, and the intermediate scarcely, punctulate. 

 The row of punctures close to the margin of the elytra is well 

 marked and can be traced almost to the apex. The lateral gutter 

 of the prothorax is scarcely defined, — the general convexity of the 

 upper surface continuing almost evenly to the thickened lateral 

 margin ; that of the elytra is reduced to a mere stria-like impres- 

 sion within the narrow thickened edge of the elytron, but is a trifle 

 wider near the apex. 



