740 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



of view appears polished and iridescent; the fifth joint of the 

 antennae is larger, although small, and the fourth is shorter 

 than on that species. From directions in which the prothorax 

 appears opaque its punctures have a dust-like appearance, but 

 from other directions they are distinct; the apparent depths of 

 the elytral striae also vary with the point of view, and their 

 contained punctures to an even more noticeable extent. The 

 punctures on the labrum are almost as large as the inter- 

 ocular ones. 



Var. A. Another specimen from the Richmond River differs 

 in being smaller (5.25 mm.), and with the elytra reddish- 

 flavous, except that the suture is infuscated, and that the sides 

 are black, narrowly at the base, and becoming wider posteriorly, 

 so that the whole apex is black. 



Phyllotocus truncatidens, n.sp. 



cT Black; elytra flavous, the suture and sides infuscated or 

 black, front legs mostly flavous. Prothorax and elytra fringed 

 with whitish hairs, similar hairs on head and fairly numerous 

 on under surface and legs. 



Head with dense and well-defined punctures, becoming crowd- 

 ed and larger towards clypeus. Clypeus about one-fourth as 

 long as its basal width, sides gently upturned, its hind suture 

 somewhat uneven but fairly distinct; the front one well-defined; 

 labrum in middle not much shorter than clypeus, its apex slight- 

 ly and evenly curved, and moderately uplifted. Antennae 

 eight-, club three- jointed, each lamella almost as long as the 

 five basal joints combined. Prothorax about once and two- 

 thirds as wide as long, sides moderately rounded, front angles 

 produced and acute, hind ones widely rounded off; punctures 

 smaller and much sparser than on head. Elytra with distinct 

 striae containing fairly large punctures; interstices gently con 

 vex, somewhat wider near suture than elsewhere. Metastemum 

 with a small conical tubercle at the middle of its extreme apex. 

 Sides of hind coxae not as long as metastemum ; hind femora 

 stout and with a large truncated tooth; front tibiae and claws 

 as described in preceding species. Length, 6 mm. 



Hob. — New South Wales: Comboyne (W. H. Muldoon), 

 unique. 



A comparatively compact species, like a robust P. luridus, 

 but the prothorax is somewhat shorter and opaque (from some 



