446 STDDIKS IN AUSTRALIAN ENTOMOLOGY, xvii., 



A very distinct species, remarkable for its Isevigate elytra. 



EURYLYCHNUS FEMORALIS, n Sp. 



Elongate, robust, convex, black, nitid. Head transversely 

 impressed behind eyes, strongly biimpressed on front; one supra- 

 orbital seta on each side; mandibles with a setigerous puncture 

 near anterior extremity of external scrobe; antennae moniliform; 

 prothorax cordate, strongly sinuate on each side before base; 

 elytra convex, smooth, substriate. 



Head as in Lychnus ater Putz.,(3-1 mm. across eyes), convex. 

 Prothorax broader than long (3-6 x 4 mm), lightly convex; sides 

 lightly rounded, decidedly sinuate near base; apex truncate, 

 much wider (3-3 mm.) than base (2-5 mm.); anterior angles 

 rounded; basal angles rectangular, sharply marked, with the 

 summit rounded; lateral border narrow, reflexed, slightly pro- 

 minent at basal angle; one lateral marginal seta on each side 

 just before middle. Elytra oval (7*5 x 5 mm.), convex, smooth; 

 striae obsolescent; a row of widely-placed punctures along side. 

 Prosternum finely bordered along anterior margin. Anterior 

 femora strongly swollen at middle of lower side. Length, 14-5; 

 breadth, 5 mm, 



Uah. — Tasmania : Mount Horror. Type in Coll. Sloane. 



I owe a single specimen of this remarkable species to the 

 generosity of Mr. A. M. Lea. In general appearance, it much 

 resembles Lychnus ater Putz., but difi'ers by smaller size; man- 

 dibles with a seta in groove of outer side; prothorax sinuate on 

 sides posteriorly, and with sharply marked basal angles. It is 

 allied to E. kershawi SI., from which it is readily distinguished 

 by prothorax sinuate before basal angles, which are sharply 

 marked. 



Tribe Cuneipectini. 

 Genus Cuneipectus. 



The following characters of the genus require stating. Head 

 with one or two supraorbital setse; body apterous; elytra connate. 

 Labium: ligula corneous, with a mesial keel; paraglossse corneous, 

 small, triangular, not half the length of ligula, setigerous. 



