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part of sides; elytra wide, ovate, interstices sparsely setigero-piinctate; tarsi 

 fcetose on upper surface, fourth joint deeply emarginate, ungues pe<'tinate. Piceons; 

 antennae and palpi ferruginous; leg's feriiiginous-yello-w. 



Head wide across eyes (1.5 mm.); vertex convex, setose; front wide, sub- 

 depressed; labrum rounded at angles, apex emargrinate in middle, 6-setose, the 

 setae submarginal ; palpi stout, labial with apical joint stout, obliquely trvirieate 

 from inner side, strongly rounded on external side ; raentum with a strong median 

 tooth. Prothorax broader than long (1.3 x i.g mm.), widest at anterior third, 

 wider at base (l.-l mm.) than apex (1.2 mm.) ; apes lightly emai-ginate ; anterior 

 angles rounded; sides rounded on anterior two-thirds, subsinuate posteriorly and 

 meeting base at right angles; basal angles acute, denticulate; base truncate on 

 each side behind margins, a little produced liackwards and truncate in middle; 

 median line strongly impressed, the setae of the surface rising from punctures. 

 Elytra ovate {-i ^ 3.2 mm.), lightly convex, widest a little behind middle, -Tiore 

 narrowed to base than to apex, rounded on sides; apex emarginate at suture; outer 

 angles widely rounded ; setae of interstices sparsely and rather irregularly placed, 

 rising from conspicuous punctures; striole at base of first interstice i-hort. 

 Abdomen setigero-punctate. in c? with one, in 2 with two setae on eadi side of 

 apex. Length, 7 — 8, breadth, 3.2 — 3.4 mm. 



Hab. — Mount Wellingfon (Lea). Five specimens have been examined. 



Thoroughly distinguished from all other species except X. pilosula Chaud., 



.by its setose upper surface. X. pilosula is unknown to me in nature, but X. setosa 



differs greatly from the description of that species which is described a.s having 



the elytra narrower and more elongate than X. vittata Dej. ; in X. setosa the 



elytra are much wider and more oval than in X. rittata. 



Xanthoph.vea beachinoderu.s Chaud. 



Ilah. — Launceston (Littler). Also from Western Australia. South Australia, 

 Victoria, and Xew South Wales. 



Genus T r i r, o x t h o p .s. 



Trigoxothops pacifica Erichson. 



I have seen only this one species from Tasmania; it is a species which varies 

 considerablv in size and appearance; alwavs in T. pacifica the base of the elvtra is 

 black. 



Tfnb.— Launceston, Brighton, St. Patrick's River. Mole Creek ( Simsun. No. 

 2489). 



Genus PniLOPHLOEUfi. 

 Idiiis Chaudoir. 



Table of Tasmanian species. 



1 (6) Prothorax with more than one marginal seta anteriorly. Apex of 



abdomen plurisetose. 



2 (3^ Prothorax narrow, usually with three setae on each side (very rarely 



with two or four setae) . Intermediate tarsi in c? with three joints 

 squamose beneath distinguendtis Chaud. 



3 (21 Prothorax wide. Intermediate tarsi in S with two joints squamo:-<e 



beneath. 



4 (.5) Size major (12 mm. I. Prothorax lightly emarginate, three to five 



setae anteriorly on each side eticalvp/i Germ . 



