484 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



•extreme base of anterior tibi?e clear reddish-testaceous. Sparsely 

 /clothed with long blackish hair, the elytra and legs in addition 

 with fine greyish pubescence. 



Head considerably wider than prothorax and almost the width 

 of apex of elytra; eyes very large and prominent, occupying more 

 than half the total width; behind eyes very finely transversely 

 corrugated. Antennae extending to apex of elytra; 3rd-10th 

 joints pectinate, ramus of 3rd short, of 4th as long as the joint 

 itself, of each of 5th-10th twice as long as the joint, these slightly 

 •curved, 11th joint very distinctly curved, its apex slightly 

 thickened and acuminate. Prothorax almost twice as wide as 

 long, gently convex, sides very gently rounded. Elytra at base 

 about once and one-half the width of prothorax, at apex fully 

 twice as wide; apex conjointly rounded; moderately distinctly 

 punctate. Basal joint of tarsi as long or almost as long as the 

 rest combined; comb of anterior indistinct. Length to apex of 

 elytra 3 J, of abdomen 4J; width IJmm. 



Hab.—OtioYd, N.S.W. (type in Coll. Mr. George Masters). 



A small and very pretty species about the size of B. hiplagiatus 

 or janthinipennis, but very different from either; in its large 

 eyes it resembles B. Macleayi. 



CLERID^. 



Lemidia obliquefasciata, Gorham. 



Not having sufficient literature at present I cannot enter into 

 the synonymy of this species. But as it is an abundant one 

 about the Swan River, and has numerous varieties, some notes 

 may be of use. The species may be beaten abundantly from the 

 blossoms of Hakea, Eucalyptus, Dryandra^ tfec, in early spring; 

 •one of m}^ specimens was reared from the coccid Brachyscelis 

 stro7nbylosa. 



The form described by the Rev. H. S. Gorham had a black 

 head, reddish prothorax (the disc infuscate), black elytra with a 

 narrow basal stripe, a moderately wide and slightly oblique 

 median fascia, and a small apical spot on each side, red abdomen 

 (the apical segments black), and black hind legs. 



