744 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



but small and shallow, partially concealed punctures. Front 

 tibiae rather strongly tridentate; basal joint of front tarsi (as 

 seen from below) distinctly longer than second. Length, 

 14 mm. 



Ilab. — New South Wales*: Hunter River (Macleay Museum). 



Structurally close to S. villosus, but very differently colour- 

 ed, and the clypeus and antennae different. The head and 

 middle of prothorax .are of a darker green than elsewhere, the 

 antennae and palpi are dark-brown and glossy, but not 

 metallic, parts of the under surface and of the legs are of a 

 rather bright castaneous, with the greenish gloss less conspicu- 

 ous than on their darker parts. The long hairs on the elytra 

 are numerous and evenly distributed but not dense; on the sou- 

 tellum they are dense about the base, but absent from the apex; 

 on the sides of the prothorax they are as on the elytra, but 

 the middle (possibly from abrasion) is glabrous; on the head 

 they are sparse; the pygidium is more densely clothed than the 

 elytra, and in addition has a fringe of longer hairs; on the 

 under surface and parts of the legs the clothing is longer and 

 sparser than on the upper surface. The second tooth of the 

 front tibiae is much nearer the first than the third. The sex of 

 the type is doubtful; on the right front tarsus the larger claw 

 is cleft at the apex (a feminine character), but on the left tarsus 

 both claws are simple; the club of the antennae is large, but 

 it is large on the females of other species, although smaller 

 than on their males; the punctures on the head are more 

 crowded than is usual on males of the genus. 



Amblyterus tarsalis, n.sp. 



Dark castaneous-brown ; head (except clypeus) and prothorax 

 with a metallic bluish or coppery-green gloss, some marginal 

 parts and the tibial teeth black. Abdomen (including pygi- 

 dium) with rather dense, depressed, silvery hairs, mixed with 

 longer ones, mesosternum densely clothed with long white hairs. 



Head with rather large and crowded, but sharply defined 

 punctures. Clypeus about thrice as wide as its median length, 

 sides strongly narrowed from near base, apex strongly upturn- 

 ed, with its outer angles widely rounded off; punctures even 

 more crowded and less defined than on rest of head. Antennae 

 ten-, club three- jointed; club slightly longer than distance be- 

 tween eyes. Prothorax about once and one-fourth as wide as 



