400 DESCRIPTIOKS OF NEW SPECIES OP AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



Head sbagreeneil but with fairly tlistinet punctures; median line taint and 

 becoming feebly foveate between eyes. Eyes moderately separated, the distance 

 between them abdut eijual to the length of three l)asal joints of antennae. Pro- 

 thorax more than thrice as wide as the median lenglh. sides strongly rounded, 

 median lobe unusually short ; punctures very small but from some directions rather 

 sharply defined. Elytra about as long as the basal width, apical half rather 

 strongly rounded ; with series of punctures of moderate size, set in deep striae on 

 the sides, and lighter ones posteriorly. Abilom^ii with a shallow apical depres- 

 sion. Front legs slightly longer than hind ones. Length (S,2). 1.5 — 1.75 mm. 



?. — Differs in having eyes more apart, front legs no longer than the hind 

 ones, and abdomen with a large apical fovea. 



jjah. — Western Australia: Swan River and Karridale (A. M. Lea). 



A short rounded species, with elytra! striation approaching the species of the 

 D. jacobyi group, but the striae on the medio-basal jiortion giving place to rows 

 of punctures, the eyes are also more ajjart than in any species of that group. The 

 intercoxal. process of the mesosternum is larger than usual, and with punctures 

 much as on the prosternal process. 



Elaphode.s RHIZOmOIDES. n.sp. 



5. Black, elytra with a purjilish gloss; lalirum. antennae (club more or less 



infuscated), palpi, abdomen, and parts of coxae and of tarsi reddish-Havous. 

 Moderately densely clothed with somewhat gdldcn imbescence. becoming shorter 

 and sparser on under surface and legs. 



Head with dense and sharply defined punctures; median line fairly distinct. 

 Prothorax more than twice as wide as the median leng-th, sides strongly narrowed 

 in front; punctures about the size of those on head, but less crowded. Elytra 

 rather short; punctures larger and less crowded (although still fairly dense) than 

 on prothorax, only the marginal stria on each side distinct. Abdomen with a very 

 large apical fovea. Length, 3.25 mm. 



Hob. — New South Wales: Dalmorton. in March (A. M. Lea). unif|ue. 



The pubescent body and fairly long club seem to indicate that this species is a 

 member of Elaphodes rather than of Ditnipidits. to which in consequence it has 

 been referred. At a glance it resembles Rhisobius ve>itralis, of the CoccineUidae. 



Elaphodes haemorrhoidalis, n.sp. 



?. — Black; muzzle (including a subtriangular space to between the eyes), 

 antennae (club infuscated). tips of elytra, abdomen and legs red. With moder- 

 ately dense and comparatively long white ]iubescence, becoming sparser and 

 shorter on under surface and legs. 



Head shagreened and with dense punctures, many of which are obliquely 

 confluent; median line feeble. Prothorax more than twice as wide as the median 

 length, sides strongly rounded: iiunctures dense and sharply defined. Elytra ob- 

 long; with rows of fairly large iiunctures. on the sides set in striae; interstices 

 each with a row of distinct ])nncturcs. Jhilininii with a large apical fovea. 

 Length, 3.75 — 4 mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania: Hobart (A. M. Lea). 



Structurally and in appearance like the jireceding species (and as with that 

 species it might almost as well have been referred to Ditropidiis). but clotiiing 

 not i|uite tlie same, legs and tips of elytra icd. and punctures of dytra larger and 



