230 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



EUCNEMID^. 



Lycaon Mastersi, Macl. {Hemiopsida, MacL), Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 



3308. 



This species was described by Sir William Macleay as belong- 

 ing to the Elatbrid^. It certainly belongs to the genus Lycaon, 

 and is, I think, the species described by Bonvouloir as L. novus. 



D A S C I L L I D ^. 



Helodes scalaris, n.sp. 



Subdepressed, shining. Above piceous-black, undersurface 

 piceous-red. Above densely clothed with short ashen pubescence, 

 densest on the head; on the undersurface .the pubescence is very 

 short. Densely and minutely punctate all over. 



Head broad, flat, several shallow irregular impressions in the 

 middle; eyes large, prominent, finely faceted; antennae flattened, 

 reaching posterior coxae, 1st joint large, thick, 2nd very small, 3rd 

 longest of all, 4th-10th gradually decreasing in length, 11th 

 slightly longer than 10th. Prothorax about three times as broad 

 as long, narrowly margined all round, widely emarginate in front, 

 the middle scarcely lobed; base feebly bisinuate; anterior angles 

 scarcely reaching the middle of the e3^es. Scutellum triangular, 

 flat, its sides straight. Elytra at base slightly broader than 

 prothorax, scarcely widening to middle, and then as gradually 

 decreasing to near apex, narrowly margined; four cost?e on each 

 elytron— running from near base to near ajDex, the lateral one 

 shortest and least distinct. Abdominal segments (except apical) 

 with a shallow fovea on each side. Tibiae grooved outwardly, the 

 sides minutely serrate. Length 11, width 7 mm. 



//a6._Galston, KS.W. (Mr. D. Dumbrell). 



The above is the description of my largest specimen; I have 

 two others which are much smaller, the smallest measuring 7 x 

 4 mm. ; it differs also in being more shining, paler beneath; in the 

 antennae which are much longer (reaching apex of abdomen), and 



