274 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



fere duple longiori ; ))rothorace quam elytra nuUo mode 

 angustiori, aiitice sat angiistato, quam longiori fere teitia 

 parte latiori, sat fortiter sat transversim rugaloso, lateribus 

 sat rotundatis ; scutello vix distincto ; elytris pnnctulato- 

 striatis, interstitiis sub squamas leviter eonvexis, basi minus 

 distincte marginata baud reflexa quam i)rothoracis basis baud 

 latiori, sutura postice sat convexa nullo mode carinata ; 

 corbulis posticis baud plane apertis. 

 Q. Protborace quam elytra sat angustiori. 



[Long. 3-4^, lat. li-li lines. 

 Anotber member of tbe longipennis group differing inter alia 

 from longipeM7iis and rostralis by tbe strong transverse rugulosity 

 of its protborax, from sateUes by its elytra being devoid of a 

 reflexed basal margin, and from modesties by tbe protborax of the 

 male fully as wide by measurement (to tbe eye it appears still 

 wider) as tbe elytra. 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 



POLYPHRADES MODESTUS, Sp.nOV. 



(J. Sat breviter oval is ; niger, squamis ci nereis (in corpore 

 subtus argenteo-tinctis) undique dense vestitus et setis brevis- 

 simis suberectis instructus ; rostro quam caput vix longiori, 

 supra 3-carinato ; oculis elongato-ovalibus sat subtiliter (fere 

 utP. longipennis, Pasc.) granulatis; antennis robustis modice 

 elongatis, scapo oculum medium attingenti, funiculi articulo 

 basali quam 2"^ dimidia parte (boc quam 3"^ baud multo) 

 longiori ; protborace quam elytra angustiori, antice parum 

 angustato, quam longiori sat latiori, minus crebre minus 

 crasse (sub squamas minus distincte) granulatim ruguloso, 

 lateribus leviter arcuatis ; scutello vix distincto ; elytris 

 punctulato-striatis, interstitiis vix eonvexis, basi baud margi- 

 nata quam protboracis basis vix latiori, sutura postice baud 

 carinata ; corbulis posticis baud plane apertis, 

 5. Quam (J paullo robustiori et latiori ; elytris protboraci 

 proportione latioribus. [Long. 3-3^ lines. 



