BY ARTHUR M. LEA, 595 



Dromceolus thoracicus, n.sp. 



Elongate, subparallel, the derm shining. Reddish-brown, some- 

 what darker beneath; antennsB and legs slightly paler; muzzle 

 and prosternal keel inclining to piceous. Covered all over with 

 short testaceous pubescence, thinnest on prosternum. Head and 

 prothorax densely punctate; elytra densely, minutely and shallowly 

 punctate, and shallowly striate, the striae feeblest about suture, all 

 running close to the apex before they unite; beneath densely, 

 minutely and rather sharply punctate; punctures rather strong on 

 prosternum, becoming feebler towards apex; femora very minutely 

 punctate. 



Head with a very shallow depression between the eyes: antennae 

 reaching intermediate cox?e, 1st joint somewhat curved, as long as 

 2nd-4th combined, 2nd, 4th and 5th very short, 3rd slightly longer 

 than 4th-5th combined, the joints from the 4th gradually increasing 

 in size, 11th not one and a half times as long as 10th. Prothorax 

 longer than and nearly as deep as wide, apex rounded, base 

 bisinuate, posterior angles produced and acute, flattened above, 

 the sides appearing feebly concave; median line distinct at base, 

 becoming feebler (in some specimens obliterated) towards apex; 

 in most specimens a feeble depression on each side of the middle 

 of the disk. Scutellum subquadrate, apex slightly the narrowest 

 and appearing in some lights feebly emarginate. Elytra slightly 

 narrower than prothorax at its widest, and nearly thrice as long, 

 very gradually narrowing towards apex. Metasternum with an 

 indistinct line down its middle. Length 8-10, width 14-2^ mm. 



Hah. — Galston (A. M. Lea); Lane Cove, Merimbula (Macleay 

 Museum). 



My nine specimens I obtained one sultry night during last 

 December; one specimen is very small, measuring only 5 mm., and 

 is rather narrower in proportion. 



Lycaox (V) concolor, n.sp. 



Elongate, slightly narrowing at both ends, subconvex, opaque 

 above, feebly shining beneath. Brownish-red, legs somewhat 



