BY H. J. CARTER. 523 



H. Hacker took a large number, and it is found in most collec- 

 tions. It is very variable in the colouration of the elytra, this 

 being sometimes entirely peacock-blue, or green, sometimes with 

 the suture, sides, and base red or yellow; or the red colour may 

 largely pervade the elytra. 



Strongylium. — After an examination of Macleay's types of *S'. 

 ruficolle and S. Mastersi, there only remained three species to 

 identify, viz., S. australe Makl., S. reticulatum Makl., and *S'. 

 Macleayi Pasc. I think I have a species of S. australe from 

 Kuranda. S. Macleayi (from Cairns, and other Queensland dis- 

 tricts) is readily determined from specimens in the Melbourne 

 and Adelaide Museums. S. reticulatum Makl., determined from 

 description, evidently belongs to a different genus, described 

 below as Notostro7iyylium. I have taken this at Blackheath, 

 Blue Mountains, under bark, and in the A^ictorian Alps, under 

 a stone. The following new species are now described and 

 tabulated. 



NoTOSTRONGYLiUM, n.gen. 



Form shorter and more convex — especially longitudinally — 

 than in Strongyliuyn. Prothorax rugose, the sides toothed in 

 the middle or angulately widened. JClytra coarsely foveate- 

 punctate, or reticulate, antennal joints stout and subtriangular. 



I propose this genus for the reception of three species whose 

 form and sculpture separate them from the typical btronyylium. 

 The three species may be tabulated as follows. 

 Notostrongylium. 



1. Body closely covered with short brown hair /jiscorestitiim CaiL. 



2(4) Body smooth. 



3. Prothorax toothed in middle, elytra without reticulation 



riigosicolk, u.ap. 



4. Prothorax angularly widened in middle, elytra reticulate 



reticulaiiim M'dkl. 



Notostrongylium rugosicolle, n.sp. 

 ^. Elongate, convex, robust; glabrous, dark brown, head and 

 prothorax opaque, elytra and underside subnitid, oral organs, 

 basal joints of antennae, tibife and tarsi red, femora reddish- 

 brown, apical joints of antennae infuscate. 



