BY H. J. CARTER. 231 



Type in Coll. Carter. It is unfortunate that the captor of this fine s-pecies 

 did not aflix a locality label to his specimens, and in consequence there is some 

 doubt as to the exact habitat, but Mr. Deuquet thinks that he took them near 

 Mulgoa (Upper Nopean River). 



Menephilus longicollis, n.sp. 



Elongate, sub-parallel, nitid blaek; antennae, palpi and tarsi castaneous. 

 Head closely and finely punctate, widest in front of eyes, these not pronunent. 

 Protliorax very convex laterally, strongly and widely produced in middle at apex, 

 base truncate, anterior angles obsolete (widely rounded off) ; sides nearly straight 

 (or feebly arcuate) on apical half, narrowing considerably and rather abruptly to 

 base, posterior angles widely obtuse; basal border naiTowly raised, lateral border 

 not seen from above, disc evenly and finely punctate, without any sign of foveae 

 or medial line. Scutellum triangular, punctate. Elytra wider than prothorax at 

 base, and about twice as long, humeri sharply rounded and prominent and 

 a little produced forward ; sides parallel to near apex, with very narrow 

 horizontal border; disc striate-punctate, with 8 deep striae besides a 

 short scutellary stria on each elytron, containing rows of large punc- 

 tures crenulating the sides of interstices and rather irregularly placed, 

 those near suture more closely placed, more widely separated in external striae; in- 

 tervals raised but somewhat flattened above, and minutely punctate. Pro- and meta- 

 sterna smooth, the latter with medial depression; abdomen finely punctate, each seg- 

 ment uith a row of large punctures on front margin, a similar row surrounding the 

 hind coxae. Dimensions: 10 — 11 X 3^ — 4 mm. 



Hab. — Kellerberrin, Western Australia (Mr. W. Crowshaw). 



Three specimens examined show a very distinct species nearest to M. coeru- 

 lescens Haag, but clearly differentiated by the longer and more cylindric prothorax, 

 wider head (in coerulescens the head is widest at the eyes; in longicollis the can- 

 thus extends laterally in front of but beyond the eyes), coarser elytral sculpture, 

 besides the unusual character of the rows of large punctures at the margins of 

 abdominal segments. 



Type in Coll. Carter. (N.B. — The colour of 31. coerulescens Haag varies 

 from blue to black — the latter being more often seen.) 



Brises. In my revision of the Tenehrioninae* the table of Brises, line 4. 

 should read "4(6) Elytra iricostate" (for bicostate). 



Cyphaleinae. In my revision of this sub-familyt the numbers on Plate vi., 

 corresponding to the index, p. 105, were misplaced, and should be read in vertical 

 columns downwards, instead of in horizontal rows. 



Ospidus. From a comparison with type, it is clear that my original identifica- 

 tion of 0. chrysomeloides Pasc. was erroneous. 



In consequence, 0. chrysomeloides Pasc. ^ O. paropsoides Cart., and O. 

 chrysomeloides Cart, (nee .Pasc.) requires a name, and is defined below. The 

 genus Ospidus placed by its author in the Helaeinae, should be classed, as I now 

 consider, with the Cyphaleinae, near Bolbophanes. 



Ospidus major, n.sp. 



Widely ovate, very convex, nitid castaneous bronze above, less nitid beneath 

 and rather densely clothed with short recumbent golden hairs. Compared with 0. 



•These Proe., xxxix., 1914, p. 46. 

 • tThese Proc, xxxviii.. 1913. 



