318 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



rounded. Femora moderate, distance between posterior about 

 equal to their length. Length 1, width J (vix) mm. 



Hab. — Sydney. 



Differs from the preceding in being broader and more convex, 

 in its different puncturation and pubescence, and its differently 

 shaped scutellum. 



'Jlypeaster Olliffi, n.sp. 



Moderately elongate. Piceous-brown; prothorax at the sides 

 in front narrowly pale testaceous, or obscurely semitransparent; 

 undersurface darker than above, legs and antennae testaceous, the 

 latter slightly infuscate towards apex. Above almost glabrous, 

 the pubescence being extremely short and sparse, undersurface 

 rather more densely but still sparsely clothed. Above very densely 

 and extremely minutely punctate, and with moderately dense 

 shallow punctures; metasternum indistinctly punctate. 



Prothorax feebly depressed at base, very feebly if at all bisinu- 

 ate, angles not produced. Scutellum transverse, semicircularly 

 triangular. Elytra longer than wide, wider than prothorax, 

 widest at the middle, as wide near ape k as at base, each separately 

 rounded. Femora not very thick, distance between posterior 

 slightly greater than their length. Length |-, width h mm. 



Hah. — -Windsor, Sydney, Tamworth. 



The peculiar puncturation of this rather plentiful species renders 

 it very distinct. 



Clypeaster squalida, n.sp. 



Moderately elongate. Piceous-brown; elytra obscurely piceous 

 at apex and sides; a piceous mark at apex of prothorax, on each 

 side of which is a small semitransparent obscure testaceous mark; 

 legs, muzzle and antennae testaceous; antenn;e infuscate tow^ards 

 apex. Above equally clothed with rather short greyish pubes- 

 cence, the pubescence on the undersurface as dense but some- 

 what finer. Above minutely and not densely, metasternum 

 minutely punctate. 



Prothorax very narrowly depressed at base, shallowly bisinuate, 

 angles slightly produced. Scutellum feebly transverse, semi- 

 circularly triangular. Elytra longer than wide, slightly wider 



