BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 477 



irregularly serrated : flanks also with dense punctures, sub- 

 obsolete minute granules and small shining ones. Undcr- 

 siirfarr in parts shining, in parts wrinkled, parts of sterna 

 and of head granulated. Ler/s rather long and thin. Length, 

 14 mm. 



71 (lb. — Tasmania: Magnet (O. L. Adams). 



I have received many curious insects from Mr. Adams, but 

 this is an exceptionally fine species. It was in perfect con- 

 dition, when first received ; but now (owing to postal vicissi- 

 tudes) has all its appendages damaged. It is remarkably 

 distinct from all previously described species. Each pro- 

 thoracic margin is divided, as it were, into three lobes ; the 

 apical one is large and feebly divided into two ; the median 

 one is slightly larger, and more distinctly divided ; then there 

 is a deep notch, and a smaller, simple lobe. The granulation 

 of the elytra is also very distinctive. 



Family EROTYLLID/E. 



Episcaphula HERCULES, n.sp. (Plate xvii., fig. 10). 



Black, shining ; an irregvilar stripe on each side of pro- 

 thorax, a spot on each shoulder, another between it and 

 scutellum, and a subapical spot on each elytron, dull red. 

 Apex of tibiae, and lower surface of three basal joints of tarsi, 

 with dense reddish setae. 



Head with moderately distinct punctures behind eyes and 

 on clypeus, elsewhere almost or quite impunctate. Prothorax 

 about once and one-fourth as wide as long ; each side of base 

 with a narrow, oblique, distinct, impvmctate impression. 

 Elytra with distinct but small junctures in regular series: 

 interstices with sparse and still smaller punctures. Abdomen 

 with distinct punctures along middle and at apex. Front 

 tibise with a subtriangular extension at the basal third. 

 Length, 23 mm. 



Tlab. — Qiieensland : Coen (C. French). 



