BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 311 



NOTONOMUS VICTORIENSIS, n.sp. 



Elon^ate-oval, subdepressed. Head not large : prothorax a 

 little broader than long; sides sinuate posteriorly; basal angles 

 rectangular; posterior marginal puncture at basal angle: elytra 

 long, strongly striate; interstices convex in (J, depressed in 9, 

 third 2-punctate; humeral angles shortly dentate. Black, nitid; 

 elytra with a greenish tinge; sides of abdomen piceous; epimera 

 of metasternum reddish; legs piceous-red. 



(J. Head oval (3 mm. across eyes); front feebly biimpressed. 

 Prothorax broader than long (3-7 x 4-1 mm.), depressed; apex and 

 base of equal width (3 mm.); sides lightly rounded on anterior 

 four-fifths, strongly and shortly sinuate posteriorly, meeting base 

 at right angles ; border narrow, thickened at basal angles to 

 receive posterior marginal puncture; median line distinct; lateral 

 basal impressions elongate, rather shallow. Elytra truncate-oval 

 (8-7 X 4-8 mm.), lightly convex; sides lightly rounded (subparallel) 

 lateral apical sinuosities very feebly developed; basal border very 

 little raised, obtusely but decidedly dentate at humeral angles; 

 third interstice swollen at beginning of apical declivity (position 

 of posterior puncture), eighth wider than ninth on basal half, 

 extending almost to base, tenth well developed posterior^. 

 Intercoxal declivity of prosternum wide in middle, hardly 

 rounded ; of mesosternum lightly concave. Posterior tibiae a 

 little curved. 



9. Elytra more rounded on sides, less deeply striate; sixth and 

 seventh striae very lightly impressed on basal half; interstices 

 depressed. Length 13-15, breadth 4 -7-5 -2 mm. 



Hah. — Vic. : Eastern Gippsland (taken by Mr. C. French 

 during the visit of the Victorian Field Naturalists' Club to Mount 

 Goonmurk, November, 1889). 



Allied to N. dyscoloides, Motsch., but of narrower form; pro- 

 thorax narrower, more elongate; third interstice of elytra swollen 

 at posterior puncture; intercoxal declivity of prosternum not flat 

 and margined; posterior tibiae slightly curved; legs and under 

 surface more reddish-piceous. 



