BY ARTHUR M. LEA. v 509 



Densely and finely punctate, the el3''tra more noticeably than 

 head or prothorax. Metasternum feebly, the abdomen more 

 strongly (but rather irregularly) punctate ; lamellae shining, 

 impunctate, nearly extending to suture. Tibiae compressed, outer 

 edges very feebly rounded. Length 4 (vix), width 3 J mm. 



^a6.— Tamworth, N.S.W. 



Besides colour it differs from the preceding species in being 

 slightly more convex, with rather stronger abdominal punctures, 

 the elytral punctures equal throughout, not (as in that species) 

 absent along suture, and with the tibiae decidedly less angular. 



BucoLUS OBSCURUS, n.sp. 



Moderately wide, depressed, shining. Black; abdomen, tarsi 

 and antennae reddish-brown; metasternum black or piceous. 

 Clothing as in the two preceding species. 



Densely and finely punctate, the prothorax fully as densely and 

 but little less coarsely than elytra. Metasternum punctate at 

 sides only. Abdomen finely and irregularly punctate; lamellae 

 shining, punctate at base, not extending to suture. Tibiae 

 strongly compressed, outwardly rounded. Length 3 J, width 

 2f mm. 



^a6.— Frankford, Tasm. (Mr. J. J. Towers). 



Smaller and more elongate than either of the preceding species, 

 from both of which it may also be distinguished by its colour and 

 by the prothoracic and elytral punctures being almost equal. In 

 one specimen the abdomen is almost piceous, and in both the base 

 of the first segment is darker than elsewhere. 



A specimen from Forest Reefs, N.S.W., probably belongs to 

 this species; it differs only in having the legs piceous-brown 

 (slightly darker than the metasternum) and the entire abdomen 

 reddish-testaceous. Neither the head nor flanks of its prothorax 

 are paler than its elytra. 



B. FouRNETi, Muls. /r«6.— Armidale, N S.W. 



BucoLELLUS ORNATUS, Blackb. 

 This pretty species is common in myrtaceous scrub about the 

 coastal districts of Western Australia (I have specimens from 



