504 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN ENTOMOLOGY, 



Sarticus AUBEL 



PterosticJius aubei, Casteln., Trans. Roy. Soc. Victoria, VIII., 

 p. 215 ; Sarticus aiohei, Chaud., Ann. Mus. Genov. VI. p. 595. 



In February 1888, I found a species of Sarticus at Bathurst 

 after heavy rains ; it seemed very common, great numbers being 

 crushed on the pavements of the town by persons walking in the 

 evening. I feel sure that this is Sarticus aubei, Casteln. De 

 Castelnau's diagnosis of this species is quite useless, and as it has 

 not been described before in an Australian publication, I append 

 the following description. 



Black, nitid; the striae not punctate. Prothorax transverse 

 (4 mm, X 5 mra.), rounded on the sides and angles ; lateral margins 

 reflexed, more widely so at the posterior angles ; median line 

 lightly marked, not reaching either margin, ending behind in a 

 deep foveolet ; the disc crossed by faint transverse striolse. Elytra 

 oval (11 mm. X 6 mm.), rather convex, deeply striate; the sides 

 abrupt, parallel, narrowing slightly towards the base ; the lateral 

 margins reflexed, sinuate towards the apex, rounded and joining 

 the basal border at the shoulders ; the striae smooth ; the dorsal 

 interstices convex, equal, reaching to both base and apex, 3rd 

 with three distinct punctures, 7th not elevated at the base, 8th 

 and 9th flat, 8th wider than 9th; 7th stria shallow, punctulate, 

 8th shallow, its course interrupted by the large punctures of the 

 9th interstice, these wide apart in the middle but close and undu- 

 lating towards the apex ; abbreviated stria of moderate length. 

 Segments of the abdomen with a foveiform impression on each 

 side, these more transverse and punctate on the three last seg- 

 ments. Prosternum smooth without a margin. Metasternal 

 episterna impunctate. Tarsi of hinder legs distinctly sulcated. 



It probably has rather a wide range in eastern New South Wales. 



Sarticus Macleayi, sp.no v. 



Niger, nitidissimus; capite Isevi; prothorace planiusculo, canali- 

 culato, antice truncato, postice leviter emarginato, ad angulos 

 posticos utrinque impresso, lateribus rotundatis marginatis ; elytris 



