BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 605 



anteniue darker; prothorax bronze-black; elytra testaceous, with, 

 in some specimens, a bronzy tinge; underside lighter than pro- 

 thorax, the apical abdominal segment with a reddish tinge; legs 

 testaceous, tarsi brown. Tibite and tarsi slightly pubescent. 



Head slightly raised in the middle; strongly and closely punc- 

 tured above and below, rostrum thin, less strongly punctured; 

 antennae with the apical joints large, the apical obovate. Pro- 

 thorax truncate at base and apex, punctured as the head, slightly 

 longer than wide, narrower than the elytra, narrowed in front 

 and behind, the median line distinct, two contiguous tubercles on 

 each side at the base, the sides with three indistinct projections, the 

 posterior angles not produced. Elytra rather strongly convex, 

 truncate at base, widest at about the middle, finely and somewhat 

 closely punctured. Mesosternum strongly, metasternum and 

 abdominal segments feebly punctate. Length (rost. incl.) ih, 

 width 1^ mm. 



Hab. — Richmond River (Lea); Illawarra (Macleay Museum). 



R. coRTiCALis, OIL, P.L.S.K8.W. (2), iii. 1888, p. L512. 



Hab. — Richmond River. There are also specimens from Wide 

 Bay in the Macleay Museum. 



Neosalpingus CORTICALIS, Blackb., Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., 1891, 

 p. 292. 



Hab. — Inverell, N.S.W.; under rotting leaves. 



Trichosalpingus brunneus, Blackb. I.e. p. 333. 

 Hab. — Sydney; under rotting leaves. 



M E L A N D R Y I D /E. 



Orchesia elongata, Macl. 



As this species is very briefly described, and I have seen a 

 number of species which Sir William's description would fit, I 

 would add to it: — 



