BY A. M. LEA. 749 



Head with crowded subasperate punctures of moderate size. 

 Eyes moderately separated in male, more widely in female, 

 deeply notched. Antennae thin, second and third joints very 

 small, third slightly the smaller. Prothorax at base about thrice 

 as wide as the median length, sides feebly decreasing in width 

 from base to middle and then strongly to apex; with crowded 

 and well-defined punctures of moderate size. Elytra parallel- 

 sided to beyond the middle; with dense and fairly large punc- 

 tures, in places subcontinent, becoming somewhat smaller and 

 less crowded posteriorly. Spurs to hind tibiae rather short and 

 unequal. Length, 3-32 mm. 



Halt. — New South Wales: Wollongong, National Park (A. 

 M. Lea). 



Structurally closer to S. lunulata than to any other described 

 species, but elytra immaculate, etc. In the male the antennae 

 are longer and stouter than in the female, and the eyes are but 

 little more than half the. distance apart. There are no dis- 

 tinct markings on the elytra, but on one of the two females be- 

 fore me there are some very feeble inf uscations ; on the only 

 male most of the abdomen is dark; the legs are paler than the 

 other parts. The punctures on the head are somewhat trans- 

 versely arranged towards the base. 



SCRAPTIA OCULARIS, n.sp. 



Of a rather dingy flavous. With very short and moderately 

 dense whitish pubescence. 



Head with crowded but rather small punctures, and with a 

 feeble median line. Eyes rather widely separated, deeply 

 notched. Antennae thin, second joint slightly larger than 

 third, both very small, their combined length about equal to 

 that of fourth. Prothorax about twice as wide as the median 

 length, sides almost parallel on basal half, and then strongly 

 narrowed to apex, with a rather conspicuous rnediin channel 

 and a distinct depression on each side; with crowded and 

 rather small subasperate punctures. Elytra parallel-sided almost 

 throughout; with crowded and rather coarse punctures, becoming 

 smaller posteriorly. Leys moderately long, spurs to hind 

 tibiae short and subequal, about the length of the second tarsal 

 joint. Length, 3£-4 mm. 



Hob. — Tasmania: Mount Wellington, Waratah (A. M. Lea). 



Readily distinguished from the other TasmaniaD species by 



