102 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



secnndus vix longiori, quam tertius vix dimidio longiori 



(quam latiori vix duple longiori) ; clypeus (speciei typicse) 



antice abrupte truncatus. Antennae magis elongate (speciei 



typicfe 9-articulat8e). 



Anodontonyx, Shp., must be very near Colohostonia, Blanch., 



diflfering inter alia by the number of joints in the antennse. The 



latter is also no doubt near Sciton, but inter alia its maxillary 



palpi have their apical joint " oblongus " and the clypeus is 



" rotundatus." 



Having only a single example I have been unable to dissect the 

 parts of the mouth. 



SCITON RUBER, Sp.nOV. 



Sat elongatus ; minus nitidus ; subparallelus ; totus ruber nisi 

 tibiis obscnrioribus, antennis palpisque dilutioribus ; supra 

 glaber subvelutinus ; sternis pilis suberectis subtilibus spar- 

 sim inconspicue vestitis ; segmentis ventralibus pedibusque 

 setis sat robustis instructis ; clypeo obscure ruguloso, antice 

 late abrupte truncato, lateribus fortiter sinuatis ante oculos 

 baud dilatatis ; capite postice prothoraceque vix manifesto 

 punctulatis; hoc quam longiori fere duplo (postice quam 

 antice paullo minus) latiori, antice late marginato, supra 

 sequali, lateribus leviter arcuatis, margine antico sat profunde 

 bisinuatim emarginato, basi bisinuata, angulis anticis acutis 

 modice productis posticis rotundatis (superne visis subrectis); 

 elytris sparsim leviter punctulatis, perspicue striatis, inter- 

 stitiis alternis quam cetera latioribus ; pygidio nitido, 

 longitudinaliter sulcato, subtiliter sat crebi-e punctulato ; 

 propygidio (hoc ab elytris hand plane obtecto) pubescenti ; 

 corpore subtus sat nitido ; sternis sat crebre subfortiter 

 punctulatis ; segmentis ventralibus sparsius subtiliter punc- 

 tulatis et transversim punctorum majorum setiferorum 

 seriebus instructis ; coxis posticis quam metasternum parurti 

 brevioribus ; femoribus latis ; tibiis anticis extus fortiter 3- 

 dentatis; unguiculis simplicibus; antennis 9-articulatis, stipite 

 quam clava duplo longiori, hujus laminis 3 subsequalibus. 

 S. Australia. [Long. 8, lat. 4 lines. 



