76 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



sabangulatis, hinc ad basin vix sinuatis, angulis posticis baud 

 plane rotundatis fex'e subprominulis (fere ut P. distinguendi, 

 Cliaud.) ; elytris confertim subtiliter (quam P. australis 

 uiulto minus fortitei-) punctulatis, obsolete striatis, humeris 

 modice prominulis. [Long. 4^, lat. 2^ lines. 



Maris tarsorum intermedioruni articulis basalibus 3 subtus 



squamuloso-papillosis. 

 Very like P. australis, Dej., but differing from it by the very 

 much finer puncturation of the elytra, the more uniformly 

 ferruginous antennae, the prothorax scarcely darker on the disc 

 than on the margins, the i'ront of the prothorax more strongly 

 emarginate making the front angles more prominent and con- 

 spicuous, &c., &c. 



Compared with P. distinguendus, Chaud., the prothorax is 

 markedly narrower, the elytra much more finely punctured, &c., 

 &c. ; P. g7'andicej}s, Chaud., is (as its name implies) notable for 

 its large head (a character not observable in the present species) 

 and appears to be punctured as P. australis. 



P. intermedius, Chaud., inter alia multa, has the lateral 

 margins of the prothorax only bisetose. 



P. australasice, Chaud., inter alia has the siitural apex of the 

 elytra furnished with a small tooth. 



P. immacidatits, Chaud., and occidentalis, Blackb., have uni- 

 colorous elytra. 



P. Froggatti, Macl., is only about half the size of this species 

 and probably does not belong to this section of the genus. 

 The other described species have different male characters. 

 Victoria ; Alpine district. 



Philophlceus sydneyensis, sp.nov. 



Sat depressus ; pubescens ; ferrugineus ; elytris late f usco- 

 trivittatis (vitta communi suturali postice abbreviata, alteris 

 submarginalibus apicem vix attingentibus) ; prothorace antice 

 bisinuatim minus fortiter emarginato, postice minixs fortiter 



