BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 87 



Amblytelus brevis, sp.nov. 



Quam A . curtus, Er., minus elongatus ; pallide rnfo-testaceus, 

 elytris vittis 3 nigris (mediana communi nullo modo, 

 lateralibus vix, basin attingentibus) postice conjunctis 

 ornatis ; prothorace fortiter transverse, angulis posticis 

 rotundato-obtusis. [Long. 4-4|, lat. If-lf lines. 



Smaller than A. curtus, Er., and a shorter and wider insect ; 

 the prothorax is more strongly transverse and less narrowed 

 behind and is without any trace of dark spots ; the general colour 

 is decidedly more yellow {i.e., less ferruginous) and the elytra are 

 differently marked ; regarding the pale colour of the elytra as the 

 ground tint the markings consist of three dark vittse (the middle 

 one on the suture where it commences considerably behind the 

 scutellura, the others occupying about the 6th and 7th interstices 

 of each elytron, and commencing close behind the base) which unite 

 behind and fill up the whole apical quarter of the elytra with the 

 exception of the margins, which remain of the ground colour. 

 The other described species resembling this in style of markings 

 is vittatus, Motsch., (which inter alia is described as an oblong 

 insect, with the di^sc of the prothorax inf uscate and the yellow 

 lateral margin of the elytra very narrow, — in the present s^iecies 

 it occupies the whole of the lateral two interstices). I have seen 

 many examples of this insect and do not observe any variability. 



S. Australia and Victoria. 



Amblytelus sinuatus, sp.nov. 



Ab A. brevi vix differt nisi capite paullo majori et prothorace 



aliter formato; hoc minus transverso postice quam antice 



manifesto angustiori, lateribus postice manifesto sinuatis, 



basi tota sinuatim rotundata (nullo modo in medio lobata). 



[Long. 4^, lat. 2 lines (vix). 



This insect is extremely close to the S. Australian species 



described above, but the differences seem to be constant. The 



head in A. sinuatus is (independently of sex) distinctly broader 



and more massive, partly owing to the eyes being evidently larger 



