662 NEW SPECIES OP AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, X., 



Gastrocis montanus, n.sp. 



Black : scape, funicle and claws of a dingy red. Densely 

 clothed with more or less ochreous or stramineous scales, in places 

 becoming sooty. With numerous thin setfe scattered about. 



Head with dense, normally concealed punctures; with a small 

 and narrow inter-ocular fovea. Rostrum with a distinct median 

 carina and traces of others through clothing; with dense punc- 

 tures, normally visible only at apex. Prothorax lightly trans- 

 verse, sides rather strongly rounded, widest at apical third, base 

 very little wider than apex; punctures dense and concealed; with 

 small granules, and a feeble median carina. Elytra at base no 

 wider than base of prothorax, sides moderately dilated to beyond 

 the middle, and then subarcuate to apex, which is very feebly 

 notched; with rows of large, partially concealed punctures in 

 places deflected by tubercles; these fairly numerous on the odd 

 interstices, but mostly small, largest of all on suture crowning 

 the posterior declivity. Length, 10 J mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania: Mount Wellington, in moss (A. M. Lea). 



On the elytra, the scales gradually get darker from the base 

 to the summit of the posterior declivity, which appears to be 

 crowned with a sooty triangle, on the outer edges of which are 

 the largest tubercles; on the declivity itself, the scales are paler 

 than elsewhere. 



Subfamily A t e r p i d e s . 

 Rhinaria interrupta, n.sp. 



Dark reddish-brown, some parts paler, some darker. Densely 

 clothed with scales, varying from almost white to sooty; and with 

 numerous set?e. 



Head with punctures concealed; with an elevation supporting 

 a crest. Rostrum rather short , base and sides at base notched; 

 apical portion concave, the concave part bounded behind b}- an 

 irregular, distinctly elevated ridge, at the sides by narrow ridges 

 becoming thickei-, and converging towards, but not meeting at 

 apex. Scape rather stout, about as long as three following joints 

 combined. Prothorax as long as wide, sides strongly rounded; 

 punctures concealed; disc with numerous small granules. Elytra 



