150 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



fairly well with the specific de.scription, but its antennal club is 

 not in the least Cosso7iid-[ike, and I cannot see the appropriateness 

 of the term " brevissimum " for its metasternunj. If it be Mr. 

 Wollaston's insect, the species before me are undouVjtedly very 

 close to Thaumasto2yhasis, but differ in the scrobes being subbasal 

 instead of median and the scape of the antennae being much 

 shorter. 



Eristus setosus, sp.no v. 



Oblongus; subnitidus; setis satcrassis pallidis sparsim vestitus; 

 piceus, tarsis (et exemplorum nonnullorum tibiis) rufescen- 

 tibus ; capite rostroque sat crebre minus fortiter punctulatis ; 

 prothorace leviter transverso, antice sat angustato, ciebre 

 minus fortiter umbilicato-punctulato, in medio longitudina- 

 liter obscure carinato, lateribus sat rotundatis, basi leviter 

 bisinuata ; elytris leviter striatis, striis puncturis sat magnis 

 sat crebre instructis, interstitiis sat planis sat subtiliter 

 punctulatis; corpora subtus sat crasse minus crebre umbilicato- 

 punctulato. [Long. 2^, lat. * line. 



Victoria; Alpine district ; occurs in S. Australia also. 



Eristus bicolor, sp.no v. 



Ovatus ; subnitidus setis minus crassis (supra sparsis fulvis, in 

 scutello et in corpore subtus niveis, in sculello et in meso- 

 sterno metasternique in episternis densissime condensatis) ; 

 piceus, capite (rostro incluso) prothorace pedibusque ruhs ; 

 capite rostrique basi sat fortiter sat crebre punctulatis, rostri 

 parte antica vix manifeste punctulata, capite inter oculos et 

 rostri basi in medio longitudinaliter carinatis ; prothorace 

 sat transverso, antice subconstricto-angustato, crebre fortiter 

 punctulato, lateribus (parte constricta excepta) sat fortiter 

 rotundatis ; elytris vix striatis, seriatim sat fortiter (inter- 

 stitiis minus fortiter) punctulatis ; corpore subtus subcrebre 

 subfortiter punctulato. [Long. 11, lat. h line. 



The piceous undersurface, antennae, and elytra strongly con- 



ti-asted with the red head, rostrum, prothorax, and legs render 



this a very conspicuous little species. 

 Victoria ; Alpine district. 



