478 AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES, 



fortiter transversim rngato ; abdomine transversim acervatim 

 punctulato, segmento ultimo late fortiter emarginato ; tarsorum 

 anticorum 4 articulo basali fortiter dilatato. 



[Long. 11 (vix), lat. ? line. 



The joints of the antennae are all more or less bead-like, — the 

 basal joint the largest, the second about a half smaller, the next 

 four all smaller still but not differing much inter se, the apical 

 five joints almost equal inter se and each a little smaller than the 

 basal joint, — the 11th, however, a little longer (though not stouter) 

 than the preceding. The legs are very stout, all the femora being 

 strongly dilated in the middle, the tibiae widening considerably 

 to near the apex and then abruptly dilating at the extreme apex 

 externally in a very strong and very sharp tooth. The basal joint 

 of the four anterior tarsi is very large being about as wide as long 

 and about as wide as the dilated apex of the tibia. The claws are 

 appendiculate, the basal piece of the claw being produced in a 

 sharp tooth internally. The elytra have some obscure transverse 

 wrinkles behind the shoulder, and are feebly striate near the apex 

 with feebly convex interstices. 



Sent to me from Western Australia by E. Meyrick, Esq. 



N.B. — The specimens of the preceding sent by Mr. Meyrick were 

 accompanied by some females evidently congeneric, but I do not 

 think certainly conspecific. They are larger and broader [long. 

 1-|, lat. 1 line (vix)], of a dark seneous colour, with the antennae 

 more slender, the joints of the same (especially joints 3-7) less 

 bead-like, the pubescence much longer and more conspicuous on 

 the underside and invading the sides of the upper surface, the 

 external tooth on the tibiae even longer, and of course the basal 

 joint of the posterior four tarsi not dilated, nor the apex of the 

 5th ventral segment strongly emarginate. The convexity of the 

 front of the prosternal episterna appears to be a trifle more 

 pronounced in these females than in the male described above. 



