BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 311 



Sericoderus inconspicuus, n.sp. 



Broad, Testaceous, with a piceous mark at apex of prothorax; 

 metasternum somewhat darker than above; legs pale testaceous; 

 antennae testaceous-brown, basal joints paler. Elytra with mode- 

 rately long and rather dense pubescence, sparser and shorter on 

 prothorax, beneath the pubescence is finer and somewhat denser. 

 Prothorax microscopically, elytra densely and minutely punctate; 

 on the undersurface the punctures are very indistinct. 



Prothorax rounded and bisinuate at base, angles largely pro- 

 duced, acute. Scutellum moderately large, transverse, semi- 

 circularly rounded. Elytra slightly longer than wide, each 

 separately rounded. Femora moderately thickened, distance 

 between the posterior somewhat greater than their length. 

 Length 1 (vix), width f (vix) mm. 



Nab. — Sydney. 



Differs from S. Coatesi in being somewhat darker, slightly 

 larger, a trifle more convex, and with a more transverse scutellum. 

 This species closely resembles in shape and colour the European 

 *S'. lateralis (for a sjDecimen of which I am indebted to the Rev. T. 

 Blackl)urn), but differs in being slightly broader, more feebly 

 punctate, with somewhat denser pubescence, scutellum a trifle 

 larger, and its prothoracic angles more acute. 



Sericoderus piceus, n.sp. 



Broad. Piceous-brown, elytra somewhat darker than prothorax, 

 undersurface coloured as elytra, apex of abdominal segments 

 somewhat paler, legs and antennae pale testaceous, posterior legs 

 darker. Above clothed with moderately long pubescence, sparsest 

 on prothorax. Above sparsely and minutely, undersurface indis- 

 tinctly punctate. 



Prothorax bisinuate, angles moderately largely produced, acute. 

 Scutellum broadly transverse, semicircularly rounded. Elytra 

 longer than wide, decreasing in width from base to apex, each 

 feebly separately rounded. Femora rather stout, distance between 

 posterior less than their length. Length 4, width | mm. 



//«6._Clifton, KS.W. 



