BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 471 



the base and again beyond the middle, there is some white 

 pubescence that sometimes is distinctly fasciate in arrange- 

 ment. 



Ptinus albohumeralis, n.sp. 



Very dark chestnut-brown, appendages not much paler. 

 Prothorax with dense chestnut-brown pubescence in four con- 

 spicuous ridges : elytra with dense reddish pubescence, except 

 for a white spot on each shoulder, scutellum also with white 

 pubescence : elytra with rather long reddish erect setae ; 

 under-surface and legs with short dense greyish pubescence. 



Anten/ue long and fairly stout. Prothorax about as wide 

 as long, sides strongly rounded, base narrower than apex, 

 with a glabrous median line, and a glabrous subbasal one : 

 punctures normally concealed. Elytra rather elongate- 

 ovate, moderately convex ; with regular rows of suboblong, 

 partially concealed, punctures. Length, 3 mm. 



//,,/,. _N.S.W. : Glen Innes (A. M. Lea). 



The beautiful elytral pubescence is of a redder tone than 

 in /'. e.ruJaua: the shoulders are more strongly rounded, the 

 white spots are less numerous on elytra, and absent from pro- 

 thorax, the latter has a glabrous median line, etc. In shape, 

 it is much like F. egenus, but the clothing is denser and 

 brighter, and on the prothorax (when viewed from behind) 

 appears in four conspicuous lines, with the glabrous median 

 line much narrower; the antennae are also somewhat shorter. 



Ptinus microscopicus, n.sp. 



Very pale castaneous, almost flavous. With somewhat 

 golden and not very dense pubescence ; elytra, in addition, 

 with moderately long erect hairs or setas : base of prothorax 

 with snowy clothing. Under-surface and legs with short, 

 dense, white pubescence. 



AiiteniKP long and thin. Prothora.r about as long as wide, 

 sides moderately rounded, base scarcely narrower than apex; 

 as long, sides strongly rounded, base narrower than apex, 



