264 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



Head about as long as wide; eyes not very large, prominent; 

 antenna? short, not reaching anterior cox£e. Prothorax quadrate, 

 very little wider in front than behind, not the width of head, 

 truncate at base and apex, base narrowly margined, an oblique 

 impression commencing at each side of the base — where it is 

 distinct — afterwards becoming shallower and obliterated. Elytra 

 about two and a quarter times as long as head and prothorax 

 combined, at the base about one and a half times the width of 

 prothorax at base, shoulders rounded, sides widening to beyond 

 the middle. Legs rather short, not very thick, tarsi slender. 

 Length 3, width 1^ mm. 



Bab— Galston (Mr. D. Dumbrell). 



Differs from the preceding in being smaller,. in having prominent 

 eyes, thinner antennae, narrower prothorax, with basal impressions 

 more distinct, sjDarser pubescence, different markings of elytra, 

 paler undersurface and legs, &c. I have but one specimen of 

 each. 



Trichosalpingus lateralis, n.sp. 



Depressed, shining. Testaceous-brown; elytra — except at sides 

 — a little paler than head and prothorax, undersurface darker 

 than above; sterna and femora stained with piceous. Above 

 clothed with very short pale pubescence; sides of sterna with 

 minute pubescence. Head and prothorax very densely and 

 minutely punctate, on the elytra at the base the punctures are 

 not as dense, but are larger, becoming smaller and obliterated 

 towards apex; undersurface minutely but distinctly punctate, 

 punctures largest on pro-, meso- and sides of metasternum. 



Head transverse; eyes rather large, not very prominent; 

 antenna? short, reaching anterior coxce Prothorax transverse, 

 slightlv wider than head, a little wider in front than behind, 

 angles feebly rounded; base narrowly margined, an impression at 

 the base close to the sides. Elytra about two and a half times as 

 long as head and prothorax combined, at the base not much wider 

 than prothorax at apex, shoulders rounded, sides feebly widening 

 to beyond the middle; a very feeble depression about scutellum 



