NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



my tabulation of Colpochila (P.L.S.N.S.W., 1890, pp. 520-2) this 

 species falls under " FF" on p. 521 with C. fortis. 



W. Australia ; near Yilgarn ; sent by C. French, Esq. 



Frenchella, gen.nov. 



Labium planum; palporum labialium articulusultimus elongato- 



ovalis ; maxillse 5-dentatte ; palporum maxillarium articulus 



ultimus quam penultimus duplo longior ; labrum minus 



crassum, angulis fortiter prominulis ; antennae 9-(vel. 8 ?) 



articulatse, clava 3-articulata quam stipes paullo breviori ; 



pectus setis elongatis sparsim vestitum ; tibise posticse (ut 



Colpochilce) apicem versus fortiter dilatatse ; tarsi modice 



elongati ; unguiculi simplices ; elytra nullo modo geminato- 



striata. 



I am unable to specify any character to separate this genus from 



Colpochila (regarded as including Haplonycha) except the absence 



of any approach to a geminate arrangement of the strise on the 



elytra. Nevertheless the facies is quite diiferent, approaching that 



of Heteronyx, and I do not think the species described below could 



with any propriety be referred to Colpochila. I do not find any 



distinctive sexual characters among the examples before me. The 



genus Homolotropus, Macl., differs from this intei' alia by its 



geminate-striate elytra, Platydesmus, Macl., by its depressed 



form, greatly developed antennal club, &c., Colohostoma by the 



apical joint of its labial palpi being " crassus." It is most probable 



that Haphmycha striatella, Blanch., ohscuricornis, Blanch., and 



rugosa, Burm,, should be placed in this genus, which I have named 



after C. French, Esq., the Victorian Colonial Entomologist. 



Frenchella lubrica, sp.nov, 



Ovalis ; convexa ; pernitida ; supra glabra, ad latera fulvo- 

 ciliata ; subtus capillis fulvis elongatis minus dense vestita ; 

 piceo-nigia, capite prothoraceque vix rufescentibus an tennis 

 palpis et tarsorum apice rufis ; capite confertim sequaliter 

 rugulose punctulato, clypeo reflexo antice rotundato-truncato, 

 sutura clypeali distincta angulata ; prothorace quam longiori 



