128 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



The male characters vary somewhat in development. In some 

 examples the teeth on the inner side of the tibiae are much larger 

 than in others. The long cilia on the tibiae are, I suppose, easily- 

 rubbed off, as in some examples they are wanting, while in one 

 male (the other sexual characters of which are very feeble) they 

 are present even on the intermediate tibise. 



Victoria ; this very fine and distinct species is not uncommon 

 under stones at an elevation of about 6000 feet above the sea on 

 the Alpine range. 



Dysostines advena, sp.nov. 



Subopacus ; setis suberectis sparsim vestitus ; piceo-niger, 

 antennis coxis femorum basi tibiarum basi apiceque tarsisque 

 plus minusve rufescentibus vel testaceis ; supra squamis piceis 

 brunneisque intermixtis confertim vestitus ; maris elytris 

 quam prothorax vix latioribus antice sat parallelis apicem 

 versus fortiter angustatis ; feminae elytris quam prothorax 

 sat latioribus postice minus angustatis ; rostro quam ad apicem 

 latiori sesqui longiori, supra arcuato, confertim punctulato, 

 carinato ; prothorace vix transverso, canaliculato (canali sub 

 squamas abdito) pone apicem transversim impresso, vermicu- 

 lato-rnguloso, postice quam antice vix latiori, lateribus fortiter 

 rotundatis; scutello vix manifesto; elytris leviter striatis,striis 

 puncturis subquadratis sat magnis instructis, interstitiis 

 alternis quam cetera magis elevatis, humeris vix prominulis ; 

 pedibus sat robustis, maris tibiis posticis intus angulatim 

 dilatatis ; coxis anticis contiguis ; maris segmento ventrali 

 basali longitudinaliter concavo, in medio postice transversim 

 prominenti ; antennarum funiculi articulis basalibus 2 sat 

 elongatis, ceteris brevibus. [Long. 1|, lat. ^-^'g line. 



In fresh specimens the sculpture is almost entirely concealed by 

 a dense covering of scales. This is an inconspicuous-looking little 

 species; the contiguous front coxse seem inconsistent with its being a 

 Dysostines, but I can find no other structural peculiarity whatever, 

 and in the species originally attributed to the genus by its author 



