106 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



description of P. crenatus, Chp. (of which the male, as such, was 

 unknown to Chapuis) was founded on its female. 



Xylopertha (?) cOxMPRESSA, Lea; X. (?) hirsuta, Lea; X. (?) 

 PARVA, Lea. 



These appear to belong to the genus Xylehorus. I informed 

 Mons. P. Lesne of this fact some years ago, and he wrote me 

 that he had made the necessary correction; but if his note has 

 been published, I have not seen it. 



Amasa thoracica. Lea. 

 This is Erichson's Tomicus truncatus. It belongs to the same 

 genus as Eichhoff's Xylehorus solidus: the latter species has been 

 figured by Mr. French in his ' Handbook of the Destructive 

 Insects of Victoria' (Part i., PL iv.) as Apate coUaris, Er. 



CHRYSOMELID^. 

 Chalcolampra rufinoda, n.sp. 



Deep glossy black; prothorax with two, each elytron with. 

 about twelve, red tubercles. Antennae tarsi and inner apex of 

 tibise pubescent. 



Head with a few irregular punctures; clypeus subcircular, from 

 its posterior suture three impressed lines extending backwards, 

 of which the median one becomes subfoveate near the vertex. 

 Antennae moderately stout, passing intermediate coxae, 1st joint 

 subglobular, as long as the 5th. Prothorax moderately transverse, 

 anterior angles produced, posterior obtuse, sides rounded but 

 incUl'ved at middle; each side with two large rounded tubercles, 

 of which the largest is red, and occupies the apical two-tif ths; the 

 second is just behind the middle, black, and not half the size of 

 the front one; surface elsewhere uneven, and with large irregularly 

 distributed punctures. Scutellum feebly transverse, smooth, im- 

 punctate. Elytra considerably wider than prothorax, widest 

 beyond middle, with large punctures in very irregular series; 

 each with two rows of large red tubercles. Legs stout, tarsi with 

 basal joint inflated. Length 8, width 3| mm. 



Hab, — Summit of Mount Wellington, Tasm. 



