78 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



In the section of PhiloiMceus having the third joint of the 

 intermediate tarsi simple in the male this species may be at once 

 distinguished from all previously described except P. eucalypti, 

 Germ., by the following characters in combination: — Prothorax 

 5-setose on either side, elytra not unicolorous on the disc and 

 punctured not more finely than those of P. australis, Dej. It is 

 remarkable for its extremely transverse prothorax (which is by 

 measurement twice as wide as long in the female, and scarcely 

 less wide in the male) which distinguishes it from P. eucalypti, 

 Germ., and is one of the largest species of the genus. 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 



Philophlceus EUCALYPTI, Germ. (var. 1 Tasmania;). 

 The only PhilojMoeus that I have seen from Tasmania is 

 scarcely to be distinguished from this S. Australian species. I 

 notice, however, that the antennse (except the basal joints) and 

 the palpi are much darker than those of typical P. eucalypti, and 

 there is a slightly more decided indication of hind angles to the 

 prothorax. The tarsi of the male, the prothoracic setse, the 

 elytral puncturation, and the colour and markings seem to be 

 quite identical. I take it to be a local var. 



Philophlceus opaciceps, Blackb. 



I have received this species from Western Australia (York 

 district). 



Philophlceus conpertus, sp.nov. 



Sat depressus ; pubescens ; ferruginous ; elytvis fusco-piceis, 

 lateribus et vittis singulis dorsalibus minus latis ferrugineis ; 

 his in sexta parte apicali deficientibus ; prothorace quam 

 longiori fere duplo latiori, antice leviter emarginato, postice 

 parum lobato, ad latera utrinque 2-setoso, lateribus ab angulis 

 anticis retrorsum leviter arcuatis paullo ante medium angu- 

 latis hinc ad basin nullo modo sinuatis, angulis posticis valde 

 obtusis vix rotundatis ; elytris confertim subtilissime punctu- 

 latis, leviter striatis, interstitiis leviter convexis. 



[Long. 4, lat. 1|^ lines. 



