132 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



interstitiis antice convexis, dorse carinis tuberculisque 

 insequali. [Long. 3J, lat. 1^ lines. 



The inequalities on the elytra are very intricate. At the base 

 of the posterior declivity is a large transverse tubercle on each 

 elytron, the two tubercles almost meeting on the suture ; the hind 

 face of these tubercles bears some black scales, and from the 

 external end of each tubercle a carina runs back to the apex, the 

 whole space between the carinas being elevated and the carinas 

 themselves being tuberculated, their tubercles bearing some black 

 scales. Between each of these carinas and the external margin is 

 a tubercle which is the apical one of a series of 4 on the 5th 

 interstice. The 3rd interstice bears two large tubercles (one at, 

 the other a little in front of, the middle) which are connected by 

 oblique wavy carinas, with the corresponding tubercles on the 5th 

 interstice. The 7th interstice is cariniform in almost all its 

 length. Most of the elevations are more or less clothed with 

 black scales (where they are absent probably my example is 

 abraded). 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 



Aterpus raucus, sp.nov. 



Ab A. tuberculato, Gyll., difFert statura minori, antennis multo 

 magis gracilibus, capite crebre crasse ruguloso, pedibus rufis. 



[Long. 7, lat. 3 lines. 



Differs from all the previously described Aterpi of the tuber- 

 cidatus-group by the coarse rough riignlosifcy of its head, which 

 scarcely differs from that of the front part of the prothorax. 

 Apart from the characters mentioned above, and its smaller size, 

 I do not find any difference between this species and A. tuber- 

 culatus. 



N. S. Wales ; Blue Mountains. 



Aterpus abruptus, sp.nov. 



Ab A. tuberculato, Gryll., differt rostro supra longitudinaliter 

 minus convexo vix tarn fortiter canaliculato ; prothorace 

 minus crebre minus grosse granulato, spatio mediano (hand 



