282 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



the anterior — and all the tarsi paler. Above sparsely clothed 

 with short pubescence, longest and most distinct on apical half 

 of elytra; lower surface with very minute pubescence. Head and 

 prothorax very densely and rather strongly punctate; elytra 

 coarsely and densely, sterna not very strongly, abdominal 

 segments minutely punctate. 



Head rather small, closely joined to prothorax, strongly trans- 

 verse; eyes large, not prominent, placed close to base; antenna; 

 inserted close to apex, lst-5th joints cylindrical, 1st arcuate, as 

 long as 2nd-3rd combined, 2nd thick, transverse, not half the 

 length of 3rd, 3rd slightly bent, as long as 3rd-4th combined, 4th 

 narrowest of all, 4th-10th subequal in length and gradually 

 increasing in width, 9th-10th feebly transverse, 11th large, thick, 

 apex strongly rounded, about the length of 3rd. Prothorax 

 transverse, as wide as base of head, truncate at base and apex, 

 sides feebly rounded; an oblique elliptic impression on each side 

 at base. Elytra shaped as in the preceding. Legs long, posterior 

 femora slightly thickened, posterior tibiae ver}^ feebly bent 

 inwardly. Length 14, width 4 mm. 



Hah. — Forest Reefs. (On a fence at dusk.) 



The shape of the basal joints of the antennae renders this species 

 exceedingly distinct. 



P Y R O C H R I D ^. 



Lemodes elongata, n.sp. 



Elongate, parallel-sided, subdepressed, the derm shining. Red 

 (in some lights with a faint purplish gloss), undersurface — except 

 mesosternum which is darker — very slightl}^ paler than above; 

 scutellum and eyes black; antenn* black, two basal joints red, 

 third reddish-piceous, apical joint white. Above densely clothed 

 with moderately long pubescence, which is almost concolorous 

 with the derm; on the elytra it is placed in a wavy manner, 

 causing them to appear indistinctly patterned; the whole upper- 

 surface is rather sparsely clothed with long semiujDright hairs, 

 densest on elytra; undersurface, legs and antennae with rather 



