502 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOP'i'ERA, xi., 



Head wide, with a slight median line; each side depressed 

 close to the eye, but between depression and eye a strongly 

 elevated subconical tubercle. Rostrum short and wide, with a 

 rather strong, obtuse ridge, on each side towards the base. An- 

 tennae rather short and stout, scape about the length of funicle. 

 Prothorax moderately transverse, widest slightly in advance of 

 the middle, somewhat constricted near apex ; with coarse, 

 normally concealed punctures. Elytra short and broad, con- 

 siderably wider than prothorax, sides diminishing in width from 

 near base; with rows of large, round, almost concealed punctures; 

 alternate interstices lightly elevated, the fifth with a tubercle 

 just below summit of posterior declivity. Legs rather short. 

 Length, 3| mm. 



^a6.— N.S.W.: Forest Reefs (A. M. Lea). 



The position of this species is open to question. As its third 

 tarsal joint i^ slightly wider than the second, and rather deeply 

 bilobed, and as there are no infra-ocular lobes, it would appear 

 to belong to Etheniaia, and to be distinguished from Zephryne, 

 a position that would be suggested by its short elytra, and large 

 supra-ocular crests concealing the eyes from above. The eyes 

 themselves are subtriangular in shape. As it appears undesirable 

 to propose a new genus for it, it has been provisionally referred 

 to Etheynaia. On the type, the derm, except for parts of the 

 appendages, is everywhere concealed, but it is probably entirely 

 black, as are the claws. Its clothing is almost uniform in colour 

 throughout, but may be slightly mixed with dirt, so that addi- 

 tional specimens may prove to have the clothing more variegated. 

 As the species, however, is structurally very distinct, it has been 

 described. Seen obliquely from behind, the base of the rostrum 

 appears to be composed of four strong lobes. 



Ophryota subangulata, n.sp. 



Very densely clothed with muddy-brown scales, with rather 

 sparse, stout, suberect or depressed ones scattered about, and 

 thinner and more conspicuous on the legs than elsewhere. 



Head wide and depressed between eyes; above each eye a 

 strong rounded crest, and below each a small but conspicuous 

 lobe. Rostrum wide, with a wide median groove, with a semi- 



