BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 127 



wards and fringed witli hair on lower side; intermediate tarsi narrow, not 

 spongiose beneath; ventral segments not pilose in middle. It is allied to P. 

 tongtis SI., from which it differs by size larger, curvature and hair-fringe of lower 

 side of posterior tibiae in male. 



Promecoderus cuprescens^ sp. nov. 



Elongate-ovijl, rather depressed; prothorax oval-eordiform, lateral border 

 narrow, obsolescent near base ; elytra oval, finely crenulate-striate ; anterior f wnora 

 not greatly swollen on lower side; c?, anterior tarsi with four joints dilatatc and 

 spongiose "beneath, intermediate tarsi without spongiose tissue beneath. Cupreous, 

 under surface aeneous; legs ferruginous, femora darker than tibiae; antennae 

 fuscous, base testrx-eous. 



Head cupreous, eyes convex, prominent, lightly inclosed behind; temporal 

 cicatrix distinct. Prothorax broader than long (2.3 X 2.5 mm.), depressed, more 

 or less subfoveate; base strongly bordered on fach side; lateral border narrow, 

 reduced and almost obsolete just before base ; sides- very declivous to basal angles, 

 these rectangular. Elytra oval (5X3 mm.), lightly convex; striae distinct (less 

 so near sides), a little crenulate; interstices depressed, more or less feebly undu- 

 late; three posterior lateral impressions foveiform, penultimate one not gi^-ing 

 off a striole. Ventral segments 3—5 without lateral foveae or sulci; apical seg- 

 ment in d' 1-, in ? 2-setose on each side of apex. Length, 7.5 — 9, breadth, 

 3—3.25 nun. 



Hah. — Cradle Mountain, Waratah (Carter End Lea). A good series of 

 specimens. 



A very distinct species, differing from all others by the following characters 

 in conjunction: — small size, coppery colour, and light-coloured legs. Prom P. 

 tasmanicus Cast, (which also has the intermediate tarsi naked beneath in d), it 

 differs by colour, prothorax less transverse, less rounded on sides, basal angles 

 much lower down on sides, and not so obtuse, elytra less convex. There are some 

 foveae on the prothorax which vary in number and distinctness; usually four are 

 more or less distinct : two about equidistant from median line and border at widest 

 part of segment, and two others behind these aliout level with end of median line 

 — sometimes two otlier foveae may be noticed, one on each side of the median 

 line at the middle of its length. 



Promecoderus loxgus, sp. nov. 



d. — Depressed, elongate. Upper surface aeneous or nigro-aeneous ; undei sur- 

 face nitid, of a gTeenish bronzy colour, inflexed margins of elytra aeneous; tarsi, 

 palpi, and antennae reddish. 



Head with suborbital cicatrix obsolete; eyes pi-ominent; post-ocular part of 

 orbits about one third length of ej'e, curving continuously with eye. Prothorax 

 depressed, as long as broad (3.1 X 3.1 mm.), lightly rounded on sides, lightlv and 

 widely transversely impressed near base, declivous to basal angles, these obtuse; 

 a light rounded impression on each side a little before middle. Elytra oval (6.5 

 X 4 mm.), depressed, lightly striate, discal striae crenulate, lateral striae obsolete; 

 humeral angles marked. Ventral segments 3 — 5 witli a lightly impressed rounded 

 fovea on each side ; -apical segTiient with one seta on each side at apex. Anterior 

 femora club-shaped, lower side not sharply inflated or dentate; anterior tarsi with 

 four joints wide and spongiose beneath; interm;Hliate tarsi narrow, not clothed 

 beneath. Length. 11; breadth, 4 mm. 



Hah. — Launceston. Zeehan (Simson). 



