316 AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA : XOTES AND NEW SPECIES, 



table it should be placed next N. daemeli Haag, from which its size alone will 

 distinguish it. Type in Queensland Museum. 



BriSES GRANl'LATCS, n. sp. 



Oblong ovate, depressed, dark castaneous, moderately nitid ; antennae, tarsi 

 and underside of femora paler. 



Head sparsely punctate, antennae not extending to base of prothoras, joint 

 3 longer than 4-5 combined, the five apical joints submoniliform. 



Prothorax narrower than in B. aeuticornis Pasc, apes arcuate, base sub- 

 truncate, anterior angles rounded, posterior rather widely acute, sides gently 

 arcuate, a little sinuate behind. Disc finely punctate — more distinctly so than 

 in B. aeuticornis — medial channel faintly indicated; a subhorizontal depression 

 near base, the punctures coarser along this area. 



Scutellum semi-elliptic, transverse and punctate. 



Elytra wider than prothorax at base, the suture and eight subcostae on each 

 lightly raised — the alternate subcostae more strongly so — a row of granules along 

 each subcosta as also on suture, the eostae obsolete and indicated by rows of 

 granules only towards apex; between each pair of subcostae two rows of punc- 

 tures of a size clearly larger than those in B. aeuticornis ; gular region trans- 

 versely rugose, rest of underside lightly punctate. Dimensions : 17 x 7 mm. 



Hob.— Broken Hill, New South Wales. (Mr. R. J. Burton). 



Four examples examined, of which three were sent by Mr. Burton ; the fourth 

 had been long in my collection, given to me by the late Mr. G. Mastei-s amongst 

 some B. laticornis and labelled S. Australia. The species is clearly distinct from 

 all described species, of which representatives of each are before me. In general 

 shape and nitid surface it is most like B. aeuticornis Pasc, in elytral sculpture 

 nearer B. parvicoUis Blkb., but with the granules much more accentuated — some- 

 what as in Pterohelaeus hullatus Pasc. Type in Coll. Carter. 



HyPAULAX NANUS, n. sp. 



Obovate, opacjue black, elytra a little nitid, apical joints of antennae and 

 tarsi red. 



Head finely, not densely punctate, clypeal suture shallow, forehead Hat. 



Prothorax: apex and base feebly bisinuate, anterior angles advanced but 

 rounded, sides strongly widened at middle, thence narrowing each way — obliquely 

 in front, sinuately behind — posterior angles subrectaugular, not produced; lateral 

 and basal border thin and lightly raised; disc minutely and evenly punctate, a 

 medial depression shown near base, two round foveae — one ncai' centre of each 

 lobt — and two small transverse basal foveae. 



Scutellum widely transversely triangular. 



Elytra obovate, wider than prothorax at base, seriate imnctate, witii 8 rows 

 of foveate punctures — besides a row at junction of epii)k'urae; lateral rows sub- 

 striate, intersjjaces imeven and finely punctate; anterior tibiae of d" a little 

 bowed, sternum smooth, abdomen of d distinctly and sjiarsely punctate, of ? only 

 the apical segment very closely and minutely jjunctate. Dimensional: 8-9A x 4-5 

 (vix) mm. 



Eab. — Northern Territory. (11. W. Brown). 



Four examiiles, two of each sex, have been examined. It is like a miniature 

 B. insularis Hope, with the following differences: Prothorax widest in middle 



