672 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, X., 



MiSOPHRICE SETOSA, n.Sp. 



Black; elytra of a dingy reddish-castaneous, with .the base, 

 suture, and margins feebly infuscated; antennae in parts diluted 

 with red. Densely clothed with silvery- white scales, but parts 

 of elytra glabrous; and with numerous long, more or less erect, 

 stiff, black setae. 



Rostrum comparatively short (shorter than prothorax), feebly 

 curved, base grooved and punctured. Prothorax about as long 

 as wide, sides evenly rdunded, base scarcely wider than apex; 

 punctures normally concealed. Elytra distinctly wider than pro- 

 thorax, parallel-sided to beyond the middle; with rows of rather 

 large punctures in shallow strise. Length, 2 mm. 



Hab.—^^ew South Wales : Sydney (A. M. Lea). 



With the stiff bristles of M. hispida, but narrower than that 

 species, clothing very different, and elytra partly red. On the 

 elytra, the whitish scales are dense on the suture, base, and 

 margins, and almost or entirely absent elsewhere; but this may 

 be due to partial abrasion. On the prothorax, the setae are more 

 numerous than elsewhere, but they extend to the base of the 

 rostrum. On the legs, there are numerous distinct ones, but they 

 are shorter than on the upper surface. There is but one speci- 

 men (whose sex is doubtful) now before me, but there is a some- 

 what larger one (also from Sydney) in the Australian Museum. 



MiSOPHRICE V-ALBA, n.Sp. 



Reddish-brown, appendages somewhat paler. Densely but 

 somewhat irregularly clothed with scales, varying from white to 

 stramineous or ochreous. 



nostrum moderately long and curved, basal half with fine 

 ridges, and dense, partially concealed punctures ; elsewhere 

 shining, and with rows of small punctures. Prothorax feebly 

 transverse, sides lightly rounded, base distinctly wider than apex; 

 with dense, partially concealed punctures. Elytra elongate-sub- 

 cordate, wider than prothorax, shoulders rounded, sides sub- 

 parallel to beyond the middle; with rows of fairly large but 

 usually concealed punctures. Length, 2J-3^ mm. 



Z?a6.— South Australia: Adelaide (H. H. D. Griffith)— Tas- 

 mania : Hobart (A. M. Lea). 



