296 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



Feminae antennis prothoracis basin haud attingenti ; prothorace 

 quam longiori nonnihil latiori. [Long. Gg-T, lat. I5-2 lines. 



The well-defined bright red line on either side of the scutellum 

 if constant (I have seen only two examples, so cannot feel confident 

 on the point) renders this species easily recognisable. If it be 

 liable to pass into a red spot like that of M. Australasim the 

 species may be distinguished from the others having a red elytral 

 basal spot by the wide flattened or slightly concave lateral margin 

 of the flanks of the prothorax, which however is very difierent 

 from the gutter formed in some species (e.g. M, carinatus, Cand.) 

 by the folding under of the margins of the pronotum ; this structure 

 which may perhaps be best described as the lateral margins of the 

 prosternum being explanate is scarcely traceable in M. Australasice, 

 Boisd., but in the present insect is very strongly defined. The 

 lateral portions of the prosternum are much more finely and 

 closely punctulate than the middle piece. If the red mark at the 

 base of the elytra is liable to be altogether wanting this species 

 may be distinguished by the above-mentioned prosternal structure 

 in combination with the elongate 3rd joint of the antennae, the 

 reddish scutellum, and the hind angles of the prothorax scarcely 

 divergent, from all its congeners having unicolorous elytra and 

 wide tarsal lamellae. 



N. S. Wales ; Blue Mountains. 



JEOLVS QUEENSLANDICUS, Sp.nOV. 



Minus nitidus ; pubescens ; piceus, prothoracis angulis posticis 



elytrorum vitta lata antennis coxis pedibusque ferrugineis ; 



capite convexo sat crebre punctulato; prothorace quam 



longiori parum latiori, confertim subtilius punctulato, haud 



canaliculato, angulis posticis brevibus apice penicillatis haud 



carinatis, carinis lateralibus autice in prosternum deflexis ; 



elytris punctulato-striatis, interstitiis crebre minus subtiliter 



punctulatis. [Long. 2, lat. f line. 



This little species must be referred to J^olus, I think, on account 



of the 4th joint of its tarsi being dilated and produced beneath 



the 5th joint, but without forming a distinct lamella, while the 



