BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 99 



the suture exclusive of the short scutellar series) there are about 

 twenty foveje between the base and the part of the elytra where 

 the middle series cease or become mixed with other series ; the 

 intervals between fovea and fovea in the series are much less 

 than the diameter of the foveas and the interstices between the 

 series are about as wide as the diameter of a fovea. The sculp- 

 ture of the elytra is much like that of Chalcoiyterus catenulatits, 

 Blackb. 



J^ . Queensland ; sent by C. French, Esq. 



A. STOLiDUS, sp.nov. 



Ovalis ) nitidus ; niger, corpore subtus rufescenti, antennis 

 pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; antennis (colore excepto) oculis 

 et capite toto fere ut A. mgri sed clypeo a f route sutura 

 minus sulciformi diviso, oculis pauUo magis remotis, anten- 

 narum articulo 3° pauUo minus elongato, prothorace (colore 

 nitoreque exceptis) fere ut A. cegri sed paullo (nee multo) 

 magis transverso, angulis anticis paullo minus posticis paullo 

 magis obtusis ; elytris subgrosse seriatim punctulatis, punc- 

 turis in seriebus irregulariter (hie magis, illic minus, crebre) 

 dispositis ; iuterstitiis subtilissime punctulatis inaequaliter 

 convexis ; prosterno medio leviter convexo ; corpore subtus 

 subtilissim.e punctulato; femoribus anticis antice subtilissime 

 punctulatis; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali quam ceteri 

 conjuncti sublongiori. [Long. 31 lat. If lines. 



A very nitid species of black colour, with the legs and antenna? 

 clear rufous and the undersurface a little inclining to a reddish 

 tone. The elytra have an uneven appearance owing to the punc- 

 tures in the series (which are evidently larger than those of A. 

 CBger and considerably less coarse than those of A. porosus) being 

 less closely placed in some than in other parts, and the interstices 

 being here and there very evidently convex. There is no real 

 striation, although in places the convexity of the interstices gives 

 a slight appearance of it. The front tibiie in the male are strongly 

 arched and strongly dilated at the apex. 

 N. S. Wales ; Sydney ; Mr. Lea, &c. 



