742 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, xiv., 



curious waved or mottled appearance, due to the varying direc- 

 tions in which it is applied to the derm; thus, the elytra, when 

 viewed from behind, appear to have two golden fasciae alternated 

 with brownish ones; on altering the point of view, the brownish 

 ones become golden, and vice-versd, whilst, from other jdirections, 

 the clothing appears to consist of irregularly mixed golden and 

 brownish spots. The third joint of the antennae is about as long 

 as the two following combined, and its ramus is slightly shorter 

 than the first joint, the rami of the other joints being slightly 

 longer and subequal inter se. The elevations on the prothorax 

 may be regarded as forming an irregularly lobed mass, of which 

 the median lobe is the most conspicuous, appearing as an abrupt, 

 obtusely pointed elevation near the scutellum (from the sides, 

 its posterior end appears vertical), then, towards the middle, it 

 bifurcates, each arm being irregularly continued to near the 

 apex; on each side of it there are two other elevations feebly 

 connected with it, the front one somewhat oval, the back one 

 concave inwards and almost right-angled outwards; of the species 

 figured by Bonvouloir, the nearest approach to this structure is 

 that of G. wallacei (PI. xL, fig.l), but the elevations are all some- 

 what different; they are clothed with more ruddy pubescence 

 than on the adjacent parts. The rows of elytral punctures are 

 in very feeble striae, but, about the tip, the striae become deep; 

 the derm is densely covered with minute punctures, but these 

 become visible only after abrasion; the sides of the elytra, from 

 the base of the fifth abdominal segment, are obliquely flattened, 

 so as to appear as enlargements of the (elsewhere extremely 

 narrow) epipleurae, with the upper edge acutely ridged, and, at 

 the suture, rather acutely produced. 



PYTHID^. 



NOTOSALPINGUS BRUNNEUS, n.Sp. 



Obscure piceous-brown, basal half of antennae and legs some- 

 what paler. Clothed with short and sparse but fairly distinct 

 puljescence, more noticeable about apex of elytra than elsewhere. 



Head wide and gently convex, with two shallow depressions in 

 front, separated by a short, shining space; with crowded, sharply 



