BY A. M. LEA. 74.7 



Tasmosalpingus promiscuus, n.sp. 



Dark piceous-brown, mitennse (club excepted) and legs slightly 

 paler, elytra with obscurely flavous markings. Head and pro- 

 thorax with rather conspicuous pale pubescence, elytra glabrous. 

 Length, 1^-1 1 mm. 



Hab. -Tasmania: Hobart, Swansea (A. M. Lea). 



Structurally, close to the preceding species, but elytral punc- 

 tures distinctly smaller and nowhere seriate in arrangement. 

 The elytral markings, although conspicuous, are not sharply 

 defined, and consist, on each elytron, of a humeral spot, lightly 

 or not at all connected with a small subsutural one at the basal 

 third; and a larger, post-median spot, fairly wide near the suture, 

 and strongly narrowed obliquely upwards and outwards. 



Neosalpingus brevis, n.sp. 



Black, appendages (club excepted) obscurely paler; head and 

 prothorax with a slight bluish or greenish gloss. 



Hedd wide, gently convex between eyes, and somewhat 

 flattened in front, with very minute punctures. Eyes very 

 widely separated, and almost basal. Antennae moderately long, 

 third-eighth joints small, the three following forming an abrupt 

 and conspicuous club. Prothorax widely transverse, rather 

 strongly convex; base and apex of subequal width, sides rounded, 

 and each with four, small, unisetose denticulations, each side of 

 base with a small depression; with numerous, small but rather 

 sharply defined punctures, becoming somewhat crowded and 

 larger on sides. Elytra short, at base slightly wider than pro- 

 thorax, sides distinctly dilated to about the middle, and then 

 widely rounded to apex: smooth and apparently impunctate. 

 Length, 1-1 1 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns (Macleay Museum, and E. Allen). 



In general appearance, like small, dumpy specimens of N. 

 politus, but prothoracic punctures considerably smaller, basal 

 impressions smaller and oblique, head smoother, and elytra con- 

 siderably more dilated. The upper surface is entirely glabrous, 

 the undersurface almost so. The head, when seen from the front, 

 appears to be of subtriangular shape, but with sinuous sides; the 



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