752 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



between those on prothorax and on head, but becoming much 

 smaller posteriorly. Length, 4f mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania: Waratah, unique (A. M. Lea). 



Structurally close to T. bi color, but elytra of a deep purplish- 

 blue, and legs with only the tarsi conspicuously pale. 



TEMNOPALPTTS NIGER, 11. Sp. 



Black, tarsi flavous, knees obscurely diluted with red. Rather 

 sparsely clothed with straggling blackish pubescence, or short 

 hairs. Length, 5 mm. 



Hab. — King Island, unique (A. M. Lea). 



Structurally close to the preceding species, but very differ- 

 ently coloured, elytral clothing somewhat denser, punctures 

 denser (more noticeably so on the prothorax than elsewhere), 

 head rather more convex, antennae slightly longer, with the 

 seven basal joints shining and only the three apical joints 

 slightly wider than the preceding ones, and pronotum with the 

 depressions more distant from the base. On the types of both 

 species the elytra do not quite cover the abdomen. 



Trichosalpingus longicollis, n.sp. 



Of a dingy reddish-brown, some parts paler. Closely cov- 

 ered with short ashen pubescence. 



Head lightly convex, witli a vague longitudinal depression 

 near each eye, clypeal suture semicircular and well-defined; 

 eyes fairly large, lateral and prominent. Antennae scarcely 

 passing scutellum, second joint shorter than third but some- 

 what stouter. Prothorax slightly longer than wide, sides al- 

 most parallel, base and apex truncate, with an oblique impres- 

 sion on each side of base opening out into a very shallow sub- 

 median impression. Elytra much wider than prothorax, paral- 

 lel-sided for a short distance, and then dilated to near apex. 

 Length, 4|-4£, mm. 



Hab.— New South Wales: Mount Kosciusko, 5700-6000 feet 

 (R. Helms). 



The prothorax is longer in proportion than that of any other 

 described species, and in actual size the species is only exceeded 

 by T. lateralis. On the type, the suture and two large suboval spots 

 on each elytron (the first at the basal third, the second at the 

 apical third) the tarsi and knees are obscurely flavous or testa- 



