742 NEW SPEClKS OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTKHA, xii.. 



Uracanthus corrugicollis, n.sp. 



^. Piceous-bruwn, elytra and parts of appendages paler. Moder- 

 ately densely clothed with ashen pubescence, somewhat shorter 

 and sparser on elyti-a than elsewhere; middle femora densely 

 clothed along middle of undersurface. 



Head with median line deep and nai'r(jw; clypeus with dense, 

 irregular punctures, suture deep and triangular. Antenna? ex- 

 tending to tip of elytra, fifth to tenth joints ti'iangularly pro- 

 duced on one side at aj^ex, eleventh about one-fourth longer than 

 tenth. Frotho7-ax moderately long, base distinctly wider than 

 apex, sides subangular about middle; strongly transversely corru- 

 gated, but irregular and with a few small nodes across middle. 

 Elytra distinctly wider than prothorax, moderately decreasing 

 in width to basal fourth, each moderately notched at apex, with 

 the suture spinose; densely and minutely punctate. Length, 

 26 mm. 



ffab. — Western Australia : Mullewa (Miss J. F. May). 



A rather dark species of moderate size, with elytra lightly but 

 uniformly clothed, and without distinctly elevated lines; each is 

 vinispinose only, as the outer portion of the apical notch is quite 

 evenly rounded; the prothoracic corrugations are unusually strong. 



Uracanthus atkr, n.sp. 



(J. Deep black, part of elytra very obscurely diluted with red. 

 Moderately clothed with ashen pubescence, four hind femora 

 along middle of undersurface with dense, conspicuous clothing. 



f/ead with median line very narrow; clypeus with a few large 

 punctures, its suture semicircular. Antennje slightly passing- 

 elytra, fifth to tenth joints triangularly produced on one side at 

 apex, eleventh one-third longer than tenth. Fruthorax not much 

 longer than basal width, which is somewhat greatei- than that of 

 apex, sides angulate in middle; strongly and irregularly corru- 

 gated, with some small nodes across middle. Elytra not much 

 wider than prothora.x, parallel-sided from about basal third, each 

 rounded at apex, but slightly notched near suture, with the 



