306 AUSTRALIAX COLFX)PTEI?A : •NOTES AND XEW SPECIES, 



punctate, the punctures coarse and rugose on basal area, finer and shallower 

 towards apex; here and there showing a linear arrangement. Prosternum, meso- 

 and metasternum widely sulcate, the convex plate of 1st abdominal segment 

 rounded behind, acuminate in front, sparsely punctg.te. Dimensions: 29 x fli mm. 



Ilah. — Northern Territoi\y. (H. W. Brown). 



I gladly name this after the very enterprising collector who has added so 

 many fine new species to the Australian list of Coleoptera. 



C brnwni can easily be distinguished from C. pistor by the absence of the 

 discal ]ire-medial impression (the "second" of Kerreraans' description) and the 

 much abbreviated lateral impression (the "fifth" of Kerremans). Type in Coll. 

 Carter. 



Stigaiodera praetermissa, n. sp. 



Oblong oval, head, antennae and prothorax coppery, elytra with margins and 

 costae red, the intervals mostly black, undei-side and legs blue. 



Head widely excavated, finely punctate. 



Prothorax subtruncate at apex, strongly bisinuate at base, widest at base, 

 side's areuately narrowing to apex, surface uneven with four large depressions. 

 A large irregular one on each side, an oval one at middle of base, connected by 

 medial sulcus with a small triangular depression at apex, the areas between de- 

 pressions tumid, the whole rathgr closely and coarsely punctate. 



Scutellum very concave and punctate. 



Elytra each with four well raised costae, the first two only continuous from 

 base to apex, the 4th starting from margin at base, terminating well within the 

 margin towards apex, the 3rd connecting with 4th near base and terminating be- 

 tween the 2nd and 4th; each apex with a minute notch, costae and intervals 

 finely punctate, the latter also finely transversely reticulated; sternum coarsely, 

 abdomen finely and densely punctate, scarcely pilose. Dimensions : 10-11 x 4 mm. 



Uab. — Blue Mountains, New South Wales. (Dr. E. AV. Ferguson and H. 

 .J. Carter). 



Of the two examples examined, the <? taken by myself in 1903 has long been con- 

 sidered as S. spinolae C. and G. whicli it nearly resembles. The ? example, lately 

 given me by Dr. Terguson, has induced me to make a close examination which 

 has revealed clear distinctions from S. spinolae in (1) smaller size, (2) underside 

 blue (black in spinolae), (3) much finer surface punctures. (4) marked differ- 

 ences in shape and sculpture of prothorax (in spinolae the middle depression is 

 cordate, the sides contain rounded projections, concave within, etc.). Types in 

 Coll. Cai'ter. 



I'ARACEPJIALA TRANS-SECTA, n. .sp. 



Sub-cylindrie, bronze, sometimes in parts with ))luish reflexions, sides of 

 abdomen witli pale golden hairs. 



Head finely punctate, with wide longitudinal lurrow. 



Prothora<c strongly transverse and convex, widest near front; apex a little 

 produced at middle and at the angles — the latter widely rounded : sides obliquely 

 narrowing to base, posterior angles obtuse, base strongly bisinuate; disc trans- 

 versely divided near middle by a wide sulcus, expaiuling on each lobe into a 

 wider depression, not continuous to sides; lateral margins thickly clothed with 

 golden hair, a faint medial sulcus sometimes seen on posterior half of disc; sur- 

 face finely punctate and transversely strigose. 



