^Q NEAV SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



of a semitransparent red, but with a beautiful violet or purple 

 gloss. He says: — ^^ Elytris rubris, purpiireo nitentihus." And 

 again : — " Rubra, nitore imrjyureo resplendentiar M. Fauvel 

 says in his tabulation of the genus: — ^^ Elytres d'un beau ronge 

 violace." The elytra of X. OUiffi are not at all red and trans- 

 parent; they might be described as " black, washed with metallic- 

 purple " ; other differences are that in X. Olliffi the head is 

 decidedly larger in both sexes, the antennae shorter and stouter, 

 and the elytral punctures much more strongly impressed. The 

 only specimens of X. Olliffi I have ever seen were taken in a 

 flood on the Peel River; whilst X. 'j)hoenicopterus is a very widely 

 distributed species, ranging beyond Australia. 



Xantholinus phcenicopterus, Er. 



A specimen from East Kimberley, N. W. A., appears to represent 

 a variety of this species. It differs from the typical form in 

 having all the tarsi, the anterior coxse, and the four anterior 

 femora red, and no part of the legs is quite black ; the eight 

 terminal joints of the antennae are also decidedly reddish. 



X. LoRQUiNi, Fvl. ^rt6.— Sydney, N.S.W. 



X. ERYTHROPTERUS, Er. Hab. — New South Wales. 



X. CHALCOPTERUS, Er. Hab. — New South Wales; Victoria; 

 Tasmania, 



X. HOLOMELAS, Perr. Hab. — S^^dney, N.S.W. 



SCOP.^US DIGITALIS, Fvl. 



I have two specimens from West Australia (Swan and Vasse 

 Rivers) that agree with the description (such as it is) of this 

 species. The type was from Victoria. 



S. 0BSCURIPENNI8, Blackb. Hab. — Victoria; New South Whales; 

 West Australia. 



S. LATEBRicoLA, Blackb. Hab. — New South Wales (widely 

 distributed). 



S. DUBius, Blackb. Hab. — Tweed and Clarence Rivers, N.S.W. 



S. ovicoLLis, Macl. Hab. — Clarence River, N.S.W. 



