206 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



TlMARETA SUBFASCIATA, Sp.llOV. 



Uvalis, postice sat acuminata ; piceo-brunnea, squamis brunneis 

 cinereisque intermixtis confertim tecta et setulis erectis validis 

 sat elongatis pallidis vestita ; rostro crasso quam caput vix 

 longiori, a capite sulco transverse modice distincto ; scrobibus 

 foveiformibus lateralibus nihilominus superne sat manifestis; 

 antennia prothoracis basin vix superantibus, scapo prothoracis 

 apicem attingenti setuloso; oculis ut praecedentis; prothorace 

 leviter transverse, lateribus modice arcuatis ; scutello baud 

 mauifesto ; elytris antice posticeque angustis, lateribus pone 

 basin fere rectis fortiter divergentibus hinc ad apicem arcua- 

 tim angustatis, punctulato-striatis, squamis cinereis utrinqne 

 juxta suturam ut linea longitudinalis brevis et pone medium 

 utrinque ut fascia obliqua obscura suturam versus abbreviata 

 condensatis; pedibus alternatim brunneo- et ciuereo-annulatis; 

 tarsis minus brevibus; metasterno quam prsecedentium minus 

 brevi ; segmentis ventralibus 3^ ^"que brevibus, sutura prima 

 arcuata. [J-^ong. 2, lat. y^ line. 



Probably Mr. Pascoe would not regard this species as congeneric 

 with the preceding, but it seems to appertain to the Trachy- 

 phkeides (having open hind corbels, a short metasternum, free 

 claws, comparatively short antennae, and the surface clothed with 

 erect bristles) ; its tarsi, however, are somewhat long as compared 

 with those of the l^rachyphloeides. It is easily recognisable speci- 

 fically by the peculiar shape of its elytra, which are narrow at the 

 base, the sides diverging for a short distance as straight lines, 

 being at their widest not much behind the base, and thence 

 converging arcuately to the apex. The annulated femora and 

 tibise also are very distinctive, as also the distinct (though not 

 very conspicuous) pattern of the elytra. In good specimens the 

 sculpture is entirely hidden by the scales, but in abraded examples 

 the prothorax is seen to be rugulosely j)unctured and the elytra 

 strongly punctulate-striate with convex interstices. 



S. Australia ; Eyre's Peninsula. 



