BY A. M. LEA. 549 



into two by an elevated median line) near the V)ase in the middle. 

 Elytra much wider than prothorax: with dense, sliaiply defined, 

 and moderately large -punctures on and about a subscutellar 

 elevation on each elytron, but smaller and sparser elsewhere. 

 Le(js rather long and tiiin ; hind-femora stout; hind-tibiie not 

 notched, and not dilated at apex. J^ength, 1| mm. 



$. Differs in having smaller eyes, not quite so close together 

 in front (but still very close), antenna? shorter and otherwise 

 different, abdomen more convex, and legs somewliut shorter. 



Hah. — N.8.W.: National Park, near Sydney. —Tasm : Hobart 

 and .Swansea (A. M. Lea). 



The markings on the prothorax consist of a transverse, median 

 fascia, somewhat iri-egular on its posteri(n- edge, and trilobed in 

 front; on each elytron, the markings are rather narrow: the first 

 is somewhat like an interrogation-mark (?, but without the lower 

 dot), touches the suture near the base, and ternjinates near the 

 middle; the second commences near the suture, runs down it for 

 a short distance, curves upwai'ds and outwards, then outwards, 

 and is then marginal to the base; the third is shorter than the 

 .second, and parallel to its median portion; between the two, 

 the derm is paler than the marks, but darker than the general 

 colour of the elytra, and tlie suture and tips are of a similar 

 shade to, and connected with, the part between the second and 

 third marks. On the male, the markings are more sharply 

 defined than on the female, but exacth^ the same in pattern. 

 The pubescence is so dense and short on the head and under- 

 surface, that, at first glance, these parts have a somewhat mouldy 

 appearance. The ocular notches are so large, that each eye 

 appears to be almost divided into two. The antennae of the 

 male are very remarkable; the first joint is stouter and larger 

 than usual in the genus, the second is short and transverse; the 

 third is slightly more than the combined length of the fourth 

 and fifth (these being simple;; the sixth is dilated on one side, 

 and quadrangular; the seventh and eighth are ratlier short, but 

 each has an acute process on one side; the ninth is thin and 

 curved; the tenth is large, very irregular in siiape, its extreme 

 length about equal to that of the four preceding joints combined, 



