BY T. G. SLOANE. l99 



EURYLTCHNUS TYLINDRICUS, n.sp. 



Elongate-oval, subcylindrical ; liead stout, one supraorbital seta 

 on each side; prothorax cordate; elytra o\-al, lightly S-striate. 

 Black. 



Head convex (3-7 mm. across eyes); \ertex transversely im- 

 pressed; frontal impressions strong, cur\'ed, diverging backwards; 

 eyes round, prominent. Prothorax broader than long (4"6 x 5 

 mm.), widest before middle, wider at apex (4 mm.) than base 

 (3 mm.); sides rounded; anterior angles wide, rounded; basal 

 angles rounded: lateral border thick, merging with surface of 

 prothorax at basal angles; a short, deep, foveiform, basal im- 

 pression connected with posterior extremity of lateral channel on 

 each side; one, setigerous, marginal puncture on each sifle at 

 about one-half the length of prothoiax; median line not strongly 

 impressed. El3'tra convex ( lO'S X .5 8 nnn.) ; strife shallow, 

 simple, distinct on disc, faint on sides; interstices depressed. 

 Apex of abdomen with one seta on each side in both sexes. 

 Prosternum bordered along anterioi- margin. Anterior tarsi 

 similar in l)i»tli sexes; outer angle of two basal joints })r(jmiuent. 

 Length 17-"_M), breadth 5'4-(i nun. 



Rah. — Mount Tloyal Range, N.8.W. Common under logs in 

 the Fagus-brushes, from 4,500 to 5,000 feel. 



A distinct species allied to R. rpciHlarh SI., but narrower 

 (especially prothorax) and more cylindrical; prothorax smallei-, 

 narrower at apex, less ampliate at widest part, anterior angles 

 less distant from head and less marked; elytra far more lightly 

 striate. 



Meonis semi.striatus, n.sp. 



Elongate-oval, convex, i^lack. 



Head ordinary (2-7 nun. across eyes). Prothorax truncate- 

 cordate (4 X 3-S unn.), of nearly equal width at apex (2-75 mm.) 

 and base(2-Smm.): sides lightly rounfled, lightly sinuate to base; 

 base truncate, sloping forward to basal angles, these sharply 

 marked. Elytra oval (8-5 x 5-1 mm.), lightly 3-striate on disc; 

 sides and ai)ical declivity lajvigate; humeral angles marked, sub- 

 dentate. Length L5-5, breadth 5-1 nun. 



