BY TH05IAS 11. SLOAXE. , lljl 



punctate, the punctnivs not interrujJted in middle ; sthole at base of seeon<i inter- 

 stice linear. Length, 11.5, breadth, 4 mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania (Lea). Unique. 



In size and general appearance more resembling P. coracinus Erichs. than 

 any other species; Ijut differing decidedly by frontal impressions weaker, eyes less 

 convex, more strongly inchised at base by orbits; prothorax with basal angles 

 obtuse, outer basal impression obsolete; elytra with striae shallower, interstices 

 much less convex, lit'th and seventh inclosing sixth at apex, eighth free at apex, 

 punctures of ninth not interrupted in middle. 



Prosopogmtjs tasmanicus, sp. nov. 



d. — Parallel-elliptical; prothorax subquadrate, wider at base (2.1 mm.) than 

 apex (1.7 mm.), bi-impressed on each side of base, basal angles obtuse, but 

 marived; elytra striate, interstices depressed, third interstice 3-punctate, eighth free 

 at apes; met-episterna (with epimera) longer than broad. Black; tibiae piteous 

 red; tarsi and antennae red. 



Head ordinary (1.6 across eyes), lightly bi-impressed. Prothorax broader 

 than long (2 >< 2.5 mm.) ; sides ai'cuate to apex, oblique to base; inner basal im- 

 pression sulciform, outer foveiform; pore of joosterior marginal seta distinct, be- 

 tween outer basal impression and basal angle. Elytra truncate-oval (4.5 X 3 

 mm. ) ; humeral angle strongly marked, shortly* dentate ; interstices a little eon- 

 vex towards apex, third with anterior puncture beside third stria, two posterior 

 punctures beside second stria, fifth and seventh inclosing- sixth at apex; strioie at 

 base of second interstice short. Prostei-num bordered at point, ventral segnients 

 smooth; d" with two, ? with four setigerous submarginal punctures at apex. 

 Length, 7 — 7.7, breadth, 2.15 — 3 mm. 



9. — A little wider than c?; prothorax with basal angles a little more obi use; 

 elytra slightly duller. 



Hah. — Denison Gorge, Lottah, Zeehan, Mount Wellington (Simson, No. 

 3118); Devonport, Sheffield, Hobart (Lea). 



The type is from Denison Gorge; two specimens (5) in the Simson Coll. from 

 Mount "Wellington, have the prothorax with basal angles more obtuse than in the 

 specimen ($) from Lottah, and a specimen (?) from Zeehan has the second, 

 fourth, and sixth interstices of the elytra evidently wider than the third, fifth, 

 and seventh; two specimens in Mr. Lea's collection from Devonport and Sheffield 

 have the elytra more strongly striated than in the type. I believe all these 

 specimens are refei-able to one species, but a good knowledge of numerous speci- 

 mens from many localities in Tasmania is necessary before the question of its 

 variations can be dealt with. 



Prosofogmus punctiferus, sp. nov. 



(?. — Elliptical-oval, subdepressed ; prothorax subquadrate, wider at base (1.7 

 mm.) than apex (1.5 mm.), bi-impressed and punctate on each side of base, basal 

 angles almost rectangular; elytra strongly striate, interstices convex on lateral 

 and apical declivities, third 3-punctate, eighth free at apex; met-episterna (with 

 epimera) longer than broad, without epimera hardly as long on inner side as at 

 anterior margin. Head and prothorax shining bronzed-black; el.vtra piceous with 

 faint bronzy tints on disc ; lateral margin from seventh interstice and some obscure 

 maculae on apical declivity brownish; undersurf ace black (including posterior coxae 

 and base of posterior trochanters) ; antennae and palpi ferruginous; mandibles 



