BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 605 



Femora stout; tarsi piceous, fifth joint glabrous beneath. Length 

 21, breadth 7 mm. 



Hab. — N.S.W. : Oberon (Taylor; Colls. Taylor and Sloane). 



This tine species was sent to me by Mr. W. J. Taylor, of Sydne}'-, 

 as coming from Oberon."^ Allied to N'. nrthuri, SI., but differing 

 by colour, larger size, more massive form ; prothorax propor- 

 tionately shorter, more convex, evenly rounded on sides to apex 

 and base, basal angles more widely rounded. In general appear- 

 ance it much resembles JV. variicollis, Chaud., but differs at once 

 and decidedly by the form of the prothorax with posterior angles 

 quite rounded off. 



NoTONOMUs BESTi, Sloanc, var. iENEODoesis, var.nov. 



JV, besti, SI., seems a. variable species; the typical form is from 

 the mountains of the Upper Yarra. It has elytra dark coppery 

 purple, prothorax and head metallic-purple. Length 15-19-5, 

 breadth 5 "1-6 7 mm. 



Var. ceneodorsts, var.nov. — Upper surface of a greenish-brassy 

 colour; prothorax a little less ampliate at widest part; elytra with 

 third interstice 5-punctate. Length 15-19-5, breadth 5-1-6-7 mm. 

 [(J Length 16-5; head 3 across eyes; proth. 4 x •l:-5 (apex 3, base 33); 

 el. 9-2x54 mm. ^ Length 19*5; head 3-7 across eyes; proth. 

 4-7 X 5-6 (apex 4, base 4); el. 11-5 x 6*7 mm.]. 



Hab. — Vic. : Mountains of Upper Ovens River (Harrietville, 

 Best; Porpunkah, W. Sloane). 



This is the species referred to in my Revision in "Note (2)" 

 under JV. besti. Several specimens have been given to me by Mr. 

 D. Best of Melbourne, taken by him near Harrietville in October; 

 it seems a constant form, but I hesitate to consider it thoroughly 

 distinct from iV. besti, though it seems sufficiently different to 

 receive a varietal name. 



NoTuNOMUS ATRIPENNIS, n.sp. 



(J. Oval, subparallel, subdepressed. Head small ; prothorax 

 subquadrate, wider at base (4 mm.) than at apex (3*3 mm.), 



""■ Oberon, 16 miles south of Tarana, on the Western Railway Line. 



