BY AKTHDR M. LEA. 357' 



of sides more widely so; with a few scattered punctures. Elytra parallel-sided 

 to near apex, sides and suture scarcely thickened ; with dense and sharply de- 

 fined, but somewhat rugose punctures. Apical segment of abdomen rather large. 

 Hind tibiae rather thin and strongly curved. Length, 4-4.5 mm. 



Ilab. — Tasmania: Waratah (A. M. Lea). 



Close to the preceding species, but antennae shorter and less serrated, more 

 of muzzle and of legs pale, elytra with much sparser clothing, and with sparser, 

 although dense, punctures. The elytra have a faint bluish gloss, and their sides 

 in the middle are very narrowly and obscurely flavous. The apical segment of 

 the abdomen is large and less liable to contraction than the others, as it is gently 

 convex and without wrinkles on the three specimens before, me, its dorsal and 

 ventral sderites meet at the tip, and, from the sides, a passage may be seen 

 through them. 



Htpattalus flavipes, n. sp. 



c?. Black; prothorax and legs flavous, parts of tarsi infuscated. With 

 short, ashen pubescence. 



Head feebly convex between eyes, with two shallow depressions in front; 

 with small and sparse punctures, becoming denser about base. Antennae moder- 

 ately long, thin and feebly serrated. Prothorax strongly transverse, sides and 

 base . finely margined ; with sparse, inconspicuous punctures. Elytra parallel- 

 sided to near apex, sides and suture scarcely thickened; with crowded, sharply 

 defined punctures. Hind tibiae rather strongly curved. Length, 3 mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales: National Park (A. M. Lea). 



Like //. longicornis on a small scale, but upper surface almost glabrous, 

 elytral punctures more sharply defined, legs flavous and antennae somewhat 

 shorter; in my table it would be placed with H. abdominalis, but is thinner, dif- 

 ferently coloured, antennae much longer and elytral punctures larger. Parts of 

 the basal joints of antennae are obscurely flavous or testaceous, and the space 

 between the eyes is obscurely diluted with red. 



Htpattalus parvoniger, n. sp. 



?. Black; trochanters, most of front legs, parts of the others and parts of 

 four or five basal joints of antennae flavous or testaceous. Upper surface with 

 sparse and extremely short, ashen pubescence. 



Head with two shallow depressions in front; punctures sparse and minute. 

 Antennae moderately long and obtusely serrated, eleventh joint about twice the 

 length of tenth. Prothorajc rather strongly transverse, sides and base finely mar- 

 gined, a shallow depression each side of base; punctures minute on sides, not 

 traceable elsewhere. Elytra slightly dilated to near apex, sides and suture 

 scarcely thickened, with small rugulose punctures. Legs thin, the hind tibiae 

 moderately long. Length, 1.5 mm. 



Ha?).— New South Wales: Sydney (G. E. Bryant), Eden (H. J. Carter). 



Smaller than any other known species, except H. minutus, and upper sur- 

 face entirely black (in some lights the elytra have a vague purplish gloss) ; from 

 H. carteri it differs in being smaller, elytra darker and non-metallic, legs partly 

 pale, and upper surface almost glabrous. There are fairly numerous punctures 

 on the elytra, and they are sufficiently distinct from oblique directions, but they 

 are nowhere dense and sharply defined. 



