BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 503 



piceous spots more or less conjoined and distinct or not; suture 

 and sides narrowly piceous. Clothed with short ashen pubescence, 

 rather longer on sides of prothorax than elsewhere; under surface 

 (except at sides, and then but moderately) sparsely and very 

 finely pubescent. 



Upper surface very finely and (elytra included) indistinctly 

 punctate. Intercoxal process of prosternum moderately wide, its 

 sides rather finely carinate. Metasternum rather strongly punc- 

 tate at sides, but finely in middle. Abdomen moderately strongly 

 punctate ; 1st suture traceable across middle ; lamellae large, 

 touching suture for the greater part of their width, more distinctly 

 punctate at sides than towards middle. Length 24 mm. 



^a5.—Tam worth, N.S.W. 



On the elytra there is a quadrangular spot close to the base, 

 from each of the anterior angles of which an indistinct stripe is 

 directed to each shoulder; from each of its posterior angles a short 

 stripe is directed hindward, and terminates in a round spot, the 

 whole (if the scutellum is included) bearing a ludicrous resemblance 

 to a man with outstretched arms and legs; on each side between 

 this figure and the side is a U-shaped dark patch, the latter rather 

 indistinct owing to a small spot between its terminations; at about 

 one-third from apex there is an indistinct narrow transverse stripe, 

 and the apex itself is slightly infuscate. The suture appears to 

 be finely carinate, but this appearance is caused solely by its 

 colour. In shape and colour this species strongly resembles 

 many of the species belonging to Trogoderma of the Dermestidt^. 



SCYMNUS VITTIPENNIS, n. Sp. 



Ovate, moderately convex, shining, Piceous-black ; under 

 surface (apical segments of abdomen paler) piceous-brown; mouth- 

 parts, antennae, legs and basal half of epipleur?e testaceous; each 

 elytron with a very distinct testaceous and moderately wide vitta, 

 commencing on each shoulder and not quite reaching apex or 

 suture. Clothed with moderately short ashen pubescence. 



Elytra moderately distinctly punctate. Intercoxal process of 

 prosternum rather wide and depressed. Abdomen moderately 



