4;jG new species of Australian coleoptera, 



Family SCYDM^NID.'E. 

 ScYDM^NUS KiNGENSis, nom. nov. 



S. Kingi Lea (nom. prseocc). 



This name is proposed as a substitute for that of the King 

 Island species, named after the late Rev. R. L. King ; the 

 name Kingi was previously used in the genus for a species 

 from Gayndah. 



Family SILPHID/E. 

 Clambus flavipes, n.sp. 



Blackish-brown and highly polished ; sides and base of pro- 

 thoi'ax and margins of elytra more or less j diluted with red; 

 appendages ilavous; hind coxse blackish-brown at the base, 

 becoming paler towards apex. Slides with sparse, pale, and 

 extremely short pubescence. 



Elytra with rather dense but very minute punctures, and 

 without subsutural striae. Hind coxa with very minute punc- 

 tures, and, as also the metasternum and abdomen, highly 

 polished; each about as big as each side of metasternum. 

 Length, 1 mm. (vix).* 



Hah. — Tasmania: Gordon River (J. E. Philp). 



Of the size of C. Simsoni, and also without subsutural 

 striae, but the upper surface is differently clothed, and the 

 metasternum and hind coxae are highly polished as in C . myr- 

 mecojihilus. The clubs of the antennas of the type are con- 

 cealed. 



Clambus pubiventris, n.sp. 



Blackish-brown and highly polished, sides and base of pro- 

 thorax and margins of elytra more or less feebly dihited with 

 red ; under-surface, including hind coxae, dark reddish-brown ; 



* The IcngtVis given are with the head curved over in Ihe usual position 

 of dried specimens. 



