226 NOTES ox SOME AUSTRALLW TENEBRIOXIDAE, 



epistomal suture arcuate and -well-impressed; antennae extending nearly to half 

 the length of prothorax; basal joints sub-cylindrie — 3rd slightly longer than 4th; 

 gradually enlarging from 5th to 8th; 8th — 10th wider than long, 11th largest, 

 ovoid. Prothorax strongly trans\erse, truncate at apex, feebly bisinuate at base, 

 sides evenly rounded, all angles obtuse, disc closely and coarsely punctate, without 

 medial line, two large, shallow, foveate depressions near base. Scutellum large, 

 curvilinear triangular. Elytra wider than prothorax at base and about 3 time;5 

 as long, sub-parallel (or feebly ovate) moderately convex (narrow border not 

 evident from above), striate-punctate, intervals lightly convex on disc, more 

 markedly so at sides; seriate punctures large; intei-%-als thickly punctate (giving 

 semi-opaque appearance to surface). Underside coarsely, metastemum more 

 sparsely punctate Prostemum narrowly compressed between coxae, the apex 

 produced backwards forming an ellipse, fitting an arcuate triangular depression 

 in mesostemum, metasternum channelled ; middle and post intercoxal processes 

 arcuate; legs clothed with longish yellow hair; tibiae with short spine at apex, 

 posterior tarsi with claw-joint nearly as long as the rest combined. Dimeiisionf:: 

 4 X IJ— 2 mm. 



77nb.— N. Territory: Stapleton (Mr. G. F. Hill); also British :\ruseum; in 

 both cases taken in <? flowers of Zantia. 



Five specimens from !Mr. Hill, and two sent from the British Museum show a 

 species that I place with much diffidence under Alpliitobiits. 



Type in Coll Carter. 



Platycilibe integricollis. n.sp. 



Short, broad, depressed, sub-parallel, nitid brown above and below ; antennae, 

 jialpi and tarsi reddish. Head wide and convex, eyes small, surface — as also 

 that iif [tronotum — closely and rather coarsely punctate; antennae short, with 3- 

 jointed club — less enlarged than in P. brevis mihi. Prothorax truncate at base, 

 squarely emarginate at apex, anterior angles rather sharply advanced, sides 

 straight — slightly -n ider at base than at apex, with narrow, horizontal, lateral 

 border bounded internally by a fine sulcus, the external edge entire, disc without 

 medial line or foveae. Scutellum small. Eli/tra of same width as and closely 

 adapted to prothorax, punctate-striate, the intervals a little convex and smooth, 

 the punctures in striae roimd, regular and close. Under surface of head and 

 sternum strongly punctate, abdomen sparsely punctate; fore-tibiae (at least) 

 spinose on outside edge. Dimensions: 4^2 mm. 



Hah. — Acacia Creek, JlacPherson Ranges, X.S.W. (H. J. Carter). Xa- 

 tional Park, Q'land. (H. Hacker) and Queensland. [British Museum ((^liallenger 

 Expedition).] 



Six specimens examined show a species so close to P. brevis Cart, that my 

 own two specimens had been placed under that label in my cabinet. The two 

 Queensland examples sent by Mr. Blair, who called attention to their ditferenca 

 from P. brevis, made me examine them more closely and the following distinctions 

 were noted : — Head and pronotiim more coarsely punctate, antennal club 3- 

 jointed: sides of prothorax entire; underside less coarsely and more s]),Trsely 

 punctate; size smaller. (N.B. — In my description of P. brevis, I omitted the 

 fact that the sides of prothorax are finely, irregularly crenulated. wliile the an- 

 tennal dub, as seen in figure, is more or less 4-jointed.) 



Types in Coll. Carter. 



