118 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



Australia and extremely variable both in size and markings. One 

 variety agrees perfectly with Germar's description, except in not 

 being a Merimnetes, its claws being free. It is decidedly a Titinia, 

 showing no tendency towards the special characters of Idasjyora, 

 In the descriptions following, the species with the scrobes approxi- 

 mated above are pretty certainly Titinia; those with the scrobes 

 less or scarcely approximate seem to hover between the two genera, 

 but I really cannot see any reason for separating them generically. 



Among the species before me is one which I am inclined to 

 regard as Idaspora terrea, Pasc. It agrees in every respect with 

 the description of that insect except in the scrobes not being 

 truly lateral but cutting to some extent into the upper surface of 

 the rostrum, though much less so than in others which seem to be 

 true Titinice. It is extremely like some vars. of what I regard as 

 Merimnetes temcis, Germ., but differs in its scrobes being much 

 less approximate above and the sides of the prothoTax very 

 evidently less rounded. 



In my collection are examples from Victoria of what I have no 

 doubt is Merimnetes uniforinis, Boh. It is not unlike a Titinia, 

 but may be at once distinguished by its claws soldered together 

 except at the extreme apex. 



Titinia brevicollis, sp.nov. 



Picea; squamis (subtus albidis, supra obscure fuscis his non- 



nullis aurantiacis maculatim intermixtis) dense vestita, 



antennis pedibusque obscure ferrugineis ; illarum clava f usca ; 



scrobibus supra approximatis ; antennarum funiculi articulo 



basali quam 2"^ vix longiori, hoc 3° 4° que conjunctis sequali ; 



prothorace fortiter transverso ad basin fere subbisinuato, 



sparsim manifesto punctulato, basi quam margo apicalis 



manifeste latiori, lateribus leviter arcuatis; elytris punctulato- 



striatis. [Long. 1 ?, lat. ^ line. 



The prothorax is distinctly more transverse than in any other 



known to me of the genus. If the species is not variable (my two 



examples are quite identical), it may be at once distinguished by 



