BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 457 



Head not very coarsely but somewhat rugosely punctate. Ros- 

 trum shining; moderately densely punctate at base and apex, 

 sparsely elsewhere. Prothorax strongly contracted near apex. 

 Elytra widest at about middle; seriate-punctate, punctures large, 

 subquadrate and rather deep. Femora very stout, indistinctly den- 

 tate. Length, 7 mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales : Illawarra, Burrawang. 



Mr. Pascoe described and figured this species as having a feeble 

 postmedian fascia; of two specimens before me, one has such a 

 fascia, but, on the other, it is not at all traceable. 



Tmaliodes terreus, Pasc; I.e. No.5453. 



£. Densely clothed with muddy-brown scales, usually small and 

 depressed, but mixed with stouter and longer ones, and very dense 

 on under surface and legs. 



Eyes rather coarsely faceted. Rostrum stout; coarsely punctate 

 at base and apex. Antennae stout; second joint of funicle con- 

 siderably longer than first. Prothorax scarcely transverse. Elytra 

 widest just behind base, shoulders tuberculate and projecting, just 

 behind base on each side a feeble tubercle, which is connected with 

 each shoulder by an oblique ridge; seriate-punctate, punctures 

 large, not very close together. Femora very stout, indistinctly 

 dentate. Length, 7 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Wide Bay. — New South Wales: Clarence 

 River. 



Imaliodes nigricornis Pasc; I.e. No.5529. 



Drassicus nigricornis Pasc. 



(J. Densely clothed with muddy-brown scales, becoming much 



paler on under-parts; upper surface .with four transverse series of 



small whitish spots ; one on middle of prothorax, one at basal third 



of elytra, one beyond middle, and one near apex. 



Eyes finely faceted. Rostrum with punctures concealed except 

 at apical fifth. Antennae inserted at apical third of rostrum. Pro- 

 thorax feebly transverse. Elytra ovate-cordate; with series of 

 large, subquadrate, partially concealed punctures. Femora rathei 

 stout. Length, 5J-7 mm. 



