BY II. .T. CARTER. 14!' 



coarse, distant punctures; front coxae very close. Dimensions: 

 3(vix) x l(vix) miii. 



Hab. Wilmot, Tasmania (A. M. Lea and H. J. Carter). 



Several specimens taken from rotten logs by Mr. Lea and 

 myself, of which six are before me. The species is the smallest 

 of all described Australian Ulomiiue, and is near Brachycilibe 

 antennatum mihi (from Lord Howe Island) in its convex, short 

 form, coarse puncturation, and widely clavate antenna?, while 

 differing in the proportions of the antennal joints. In B. 

 antennatum the club is two-jointed, with the ninth somewhat 

 enlarged. In both species the mandibles are bifid at the 

 extremity. 



T y p e s in Coll. Carter. 



PTEROHELiEUS DARLINGENSIS, n.Sp. 



Elongate-ovate, rather fiat, moderately nitid, black above and 

 beneath, antenna? and tarsi reddish-brown. 



Head closely and finely punctate, epistoma narrowed in front, 

 its suture indistinct, eyes remote, antennae slender, the propor- 

 tions similar to those in P. gilesi. Prothorax of same size and 

 general outline as in P. yilesi, but the anterior angles obtusely 

 blunted (not rounded), the posterior acute, not dentate, the 

 explanate margins horizontal, extreme border not reflected, 

 medial impression evident, but not always continuous; disc 

 finely, distinctly punctate, the punctures smaller and less close 

 than on head, closer and more distinct on the margins, basal 

 fovea? deep. Scutellum triangular, punctate. Elytra of same 

 width as prothoiax at base and thrice as long, sides parallel for 

 the greater part, explanate margins narrow (narrower than in 

 P. planus Bless.), extreme border raised throughout; regularly 

 seriate punctate, or suhstriate, fine punctures being set in scarcely 

 defined stria? (th« punctures much smaller than those in P. 

 planus), the intervals minutely punctate and subplanate, the 

 1st, 5th, 9th, and 13th very feebly raised, and the 1st and 5th 

 wider than the rest; seriate punctures evanescent at base and 

 on apical declivity. Presternum and Hanks of metasternum 

 finely pustulose, metasternum clearly punctate, abdomen striolate, 



