4ri NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



with dense, partially concealed punctures. Elytra ovate, 

 moderately convex ; with regular rows of suboblong, partially 

 concealed punctures. Length, 1-1| mm. 



Hah. — W. Australia: Swan River (A. M. Lea). 



Readily distinguished from all previously described Aus- 

 tralian species, by its minute size. (.)n one of the two speci- 

 mens before me, the clothing on the elytra is feebly varie- 

 gated. 



Ptinus albomaculatus Macl. 



Black, elytra with a purplish gloss. Clothed with short, 

 stiff, erect, black setae; with conspicuous snowy spots on head, 

 scutellum, and elytra; under-surface and legs with rather 

 dense, but not uniform, white or whitish pubescence. 



Head densely and rugosely punctate. Antennae long and 

 not very thin. Prothorax slightly longer than wide, at base 

 and apex with rows of distinct punctures, the intervening- 

 space with rounded sides, convex ; with dense and somewhat 

 flattened granules. FAyira about twice as wide as prothorax, 

 shoulders rounded, sides thence parallel to near apex ; with 

 rows of rather large, deep, suboblong punctures, and with a 

 short scutellar row ; interstices impunctate. Length, 3f mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Townsville (11. J. Carter; from F. P. 

 Dodd). 



On the head, the snowy clothing forms a spot close to each 

 eye, entirely clothes the scutellum, forms a spot behind the 

 shoulder (common to the seventh and eighth interstices), and 

 a transverse marking beyond the middle, on the third to sixth 

 (inclusive) interstices. The specimens before me are marked 

 "Believe ant-friends." 



I had the description of this species drawn up as new ; 

 and, although the specimens do not quite agree with Mac- 

 leay's description of F. albomaculatus, I thought it advisable 

 to ask Mr. Carter to compare one with the type of that 

 species. This he did, and wrote that "their upper surfaces 



