684 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, X., 



pressed, stramineous setae, becoming paler and more squamose in 

 character on undersurface. 



- Head rather elongate, with small, dense punctures; a narrow 

 interocular impression. Rostrum twice as long as head and pro- 

 thorax combined, lightly curved, sides slightly dilated to apex 

 and less noticeably so to base; with a distinct median carina, and 

 two smaller ones on each side from base to middle; a narrow 

 impression between antennae, apical half with small punctures. 

 Antennae inserted slightly nearer apex than base of rostrum; two 

 basal joints of funicle elongate, but none transverse. Prothorax 

 small, slightly wider than long, sides rounded, base and apex 

 truncate, shallowly transversely impressed near apex, and less 

 distinctly so near base ; with small, dense punctures Elytra 

 almost twice the width of prothorax, not once and one-half as 

 long as wide, shoulders prominent; with regular rows of fairly 

 large deep punctures; interstices with numerous small, setiferous 

 granules, more numerous on the odd than the even ones. Second 

 segment of abdomen as long as third and fourth combined. Legs 

 long; femora strongly clavate, each with a strong, serrated and 

 fimbriated tooth; tibiae thin, hind pair rather strongly arched at 

 base. Length, 5| (rostrum 3 J) mm. 



Hob. — New South Wales : Richmond River (A. J. Coates). 



This species has many curious resemblances to several species 

 of Meriphus, although the strongly appendiculate claws forbid 

 its being placed even in the same subfamily. The appendix to 

 each claw is large and angular, but is so placed that, from 

 certain directions, each claw-joint appears to be terminated by 

 four short claws of even size. 



Subfamily Haplonycides. 

 Haplonyx multicolor, n.sp. 



Dark reddish-brown, in places almost black, legs reddish. 

 Clothing variegated. 



Rostrum long, subcylindrical, rather lightly curved, with 

 partially concealed punctures, not visibly carinate. Prothorax 

 not twice as wide as long, the length equal to the width at apex; 

 punctures partially concealed. Elytra distinctly wider than pro- 



