656 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, X., 



Head gently convex. Eyes decidedly prominent. Rostrum 

 about as long as wide, sides gently incurved to middle ; median 

 and sublateral carinse distinct through clothing. Antennae 

 rather long and thin ; scape strongly curved, lower surface dis- 

 tinctly grooved throughout ; first joint of funicle almost as 

 long as second and third combined, second as long as third 

 and fourth combined. Prothorax moderately transverse, sides 

 feebly rounded, apex straight and scarcely narrower than 

 base; punctures almost concealed. Elytra much wider than 

 prothorax ; striation distinct, but punctures almost or quite 

 concealed. Femora edentate. Length, 4 J mm. 



Z^a&.— Queensland : Dalby (Mrs. F. H. Hobler). 



In some respects like a small pale specimen of M . chrysideus, 

 but rostrum shorter, markings much less conspicuous, and 

 femora edentate. M. hUli is smaller, thinner, with longer 

 elytral setae and rather strongly dentate femora. The elytral 

 setae are depressed and indistinct from above, but fairly dis- 

 tinct from the sides. Three vague dark lines may be traced on 

 the prothorax ; on the elytra the dark spots are fairly nume- 

 rous, and appear to start from punctures in the striae ; 

 although they may be fairly long they do not extend across an 

 interstice, being confined to the vicinity of the striae. 



Myllocerus canalicornis. Lea. 

 Some specimens from North- West Australia (C. French) 

 evidently belong to this species, but have the scales of a beau- 

 tiful green, with, in places, a slight coppery gloss. 



Myllocerus chrysideus, Pasc. (now Hackeria). 

 There are two co-types of this species, before me, one of 

 which has the scales more green than blue. Pascoe twice men- 

 tioned the front femora as dentate, but the co-types under 

 examination have all the femora edentate. He also described 

 the prothorax as "basi perparum bisinuatus," whereas the 

 base is rather strongly bisinuate, although not so strongly as 

 in several other species of the genus. It has quite distinct 

 ocular lobes, and, consequently, belongs to the genus Hackeria; 



