284 NESV SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



frequently turning dark-brown, or almost black, the legs darker; 

 the white joints of the antennte in coccinea vary in number from 

 one to three. The type is in the possession of Mr. George 

 Masters, who has kindly given me another specimen, labelled 

 N.S.W. 



Lemo^^es corticalis, n.sp. 



Elongate, subparallel, slightly convex, the derm shining. 

 Ferruginous, elytra — except at base and suture— slightly darker 

 than prothorax; undersurface paler than above; legs and palpi 

 testaceous; antenna reddish-testaceous. Above covered with 

 short silky pubescence, densest on elytra, and with longer upright 

 hairs; undersurface, legs and antennc^ with very short and pale 

 pubescence, the latter with a few outstanding hairs. Anterior 

 half of head densely and not strongly punctate, base almost 

 impunctate; prothorax with strong, sparse, and with smaller and 

 more numerous punctures; elytra densely and strongly punctate, 

 the punctures strongest and arranged in rows at the base, becom- 

 ing feebler and irregular towards apex, the whole surface covered 

 with very minute punctures; undersurface of head polished; pro- 

 and mesosternum moderately strongly, metasternum and abdo- 

 minal segments minutely punctate. 



Head with a distinct neck, triangular in shape (excluding neck), 

 wider than long; eyes large, prominent; antennae not very thick, 

 passing intermediate coxas, eleven- join ted, 1st large, as long as 

 2nd-3rd combined, and as long as 11th, 2nd-10th very slightly 

 increasing in length, 2nd-5th subcylindric, 6th-10th obconic, 11th 

 subcylindric, scarcely the length of 9th-10th combined. Prothorax 

 feebly, if at all, transverse, wider in front than behind, anterior 

 angles widely rounded, base truncate, sides deeply constricted 

 near the base; median canal distinct but shallow, obsolete at apex. 

 Scutellum ^'ery small and strongly transverse. Elytra not quite 

 covering pygidium, parallel-sided almost to apex, about twice as 

 long as head and prothorax combined, twice and a half as 

 long as wide; base truncate, shoulders feebly rounded; a feeble 

 depression midway between shoulders and suture. Legs long, 

 tibic\3 straight. Length 4J-5J, width 1-|-1 J mm. 



Ilab. — Forest Reefs. 



