120 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



antennarum funiculi articulo basali qnam 2"^ multo longiori, 

 hoc sequentibus 2 conjunctis manifeste breviori ; prothorace 

 quam caput vix latiori, vix transverse, ad basin fere truncato> 

 sparsim punctulato, basi quam margo anticus baud latiori, 

 lateribus vix arcuatis ; elytris punctulato-striatis. 



[Long. 13-21 lat. |-1 line. 



The prothorax having almost straight sides scarcely bulges out 

 in the middle enough to exceed the head in width. The grey 

 scales (which are of a leaden tone) on the upper surface form a 

 continuous stripe down the prothorax, head (where it is at its 

 widest), and rostrum and are more or less conspicuous on (at least 

 the base of) the elytral suture ; they also are condensed along the 

 sides of the elytra and form some irregular markings on its 

 general surface, which, however, are little conspicuous except in 

 very fresh examples. The antennal club is feebly pedunculate. 

 The elytra bear short semi-erect stout hairs which seem to be 

 wanting in all but the freshest examples. The 3rd joint of the 

 antennal funicle is slightly longer than the 4th. 



S. Australia ; basin of Lake Eyre. 



TiTiNiA (Idaspora ?) bicolor, sp.nov. 



Piceo-fusca ; squamis (subtus albidis, supra fusco-brunneis) 

 dense vestita, scutello niveo, oculis griseo-circumcinctis ? 

 scrobibus parum approxiraatis ; antennarum funiculi articulo 

 basali 2° longitudine sequali, hoc quam 3"^ multo longiori ; 

 prothorace vix transverao, ad basin vix subbisinuato, sparsim 

 obscure punctulato, basi quam margo anticus vix latiori, 

 lateribus sat arcuatis ; elytris punctulato-striatis. 



[Long. 2-3, lat. l-l-^ lines. 



The punctures in the prothorax each bear a little seta, like a 

 granule, and a row of granule-like setse runs down each interstice 

 of the elytra. The white scales on the scutellum are wanting in 

 specimens at all abraded. The whitish scales of the undersurface 

 extend to the underside of the femora, and in some examples to 



