296 REVISION OF THE GENUS NOTOyOMUS, 



]^. suhiridescens may resemble JV. liragerus, SI., but I do not 

 think it can be identical on account of its larger size and 

 apparently, from Chaudoir's description, it should have the pro- 

 thorax more convex, and the elytra more rounded on sides. 



NOTONOMUS QUEENSLANDICUS, n.sp. 



Elongate-oval, robust. Head small ; prothorax subcordate ; 

 sides sinuate before base; basal angles subrectangular; posterior 

 marginal puncture placed a little before base on inner side of 

 lateral channel; elytra deeply striate; interstices in ^ convex, in 

 9 depressed; humeral angles strongly dentate. Black; elytra of 

 a bronzy subviolaceous tint, with ninth interstice and lateral 

 channel of a bright brassy green or copper colour; under surface 

 and legs black; antennae piceous-black. 



Head oval (2-3 mm. across eyes); vertex lightly transversely 

 impressed; frontal impressions deep, divergent posteriorly. Pro- 

 thorax rather small, broader than long (3 x 3-5 mm.), depressed 

 towards base, faintly transversely striolate; sides lightly arcuate, 

 more strongly narrowed to apex than base, strongly sinuate 

 before base; apex (2-5 mm.) narrower than base (2-7 mm.), emar- 

 ginate; anterior angles distant from head, obtuse; base emarginate 

 in middle, lightly arcuate on each side; basal angles well marked, 

 obtuse; median line reaching from base to apex; lateral basal 

 impressions deep, narrow, elongate; lateral basal spaces lightly 

 convex, depressed near basal margin. Elytra oval (7"5 x 4 -3 mm.), 

 truncate at base, widely and lightly sinuate on each side of apex, 

 lightly convex, strongly declivous to apex, abruptly declivous on 

 sides ; basal border with posterior margin curving forward 

 externally, sharply raised and forming a strong obtuse prominence 

 at humeral angles; third interstice wider than two inner ones, 

 .sixth narrower than fifth and seventh, narrowed to base, seventh 

 very wide on basal third, eighth and ninth narrow, convex, equal 

 in width on basal third, inner margin of ninth interrupted by 

 the umbilicate punctures, tenth obsolete. Intercoxal declivity of 

 prosternum flat and bordered laterally; of mesosternum wide, 

 hardly concave. Length 13, breadth 4*3 mm. 



