564 NEW spSriEs of Australian coLeoptera, xiii., 



clo.se.st separated from each other for about the length of second 

 joint of antennae. Antennae inserted in front of the ocular 

 notches, first joint moderately long, dilated to apex, second small, 

 third almost as long as first but rather less dilated to apex, 

 fourth to tenth very short but each with a long and thin ramus, 

 eleventh long, thin, and resembling the ramus of the preceding 

 joint. Frothornx about twice as wide as long, base truncate, 

 sides gently rounded; with small and fairly dense punctures; 

 with a rather small and deep fovea on each side of base, and a 

 wider and shallow depression between them. Elytra more than 

 thrice as long as head and prothorax combined; with dense, 

 sharply defined punctures of moderate size, becoming rather 

 small posteriorly, but nowhere lineate in arrangement. Front 

 tarsi not very long, first joint slightly shorter than fourth; hind- 

 tarsi with first joint lightly curved and longer than the rest 

 combined. Length, 3|-4 mm. 



9. Differs in having the eyes not quite so close together, 

 antennae longer and without rami, fourth joint slightly longer 

 than third, the others very feebly decreasing in length, elytra 

 slightly w ider posteriorly, abdomen more convex, and legs some- 

 what shorter. 



Hah. — Tasm.: Mole Creek, Ulverstone, Burnie, Hobart ( A. M. 

 Lea). 



The antennal rami appear to be of a very fragile nature, as 

 most of them are damaged on the two males before me; each of 

 them is about as long as the elytra are wide, and slightly knobbed 

 at the tip. 



KHIPIDOPHOKID^. 

 Pelecotomoides subparallela, n.sp. 

 Black, claws and tibial spurs reddish. Densely clothed with 

 short, ashen pubescence. 



AnteniKP, rather stout, third joint almost as long as fourth and 

 fifth combined, fifth slightly longer and distinctly wider than 

 fourth, sixth to tenth strongly serrated, eleventh notched on each 

 side near apex. Prothorax with sides strongly rounded, apex 



