ERIC MJÖBERG, PTIIs^ID.?]. 



slender, the joints of about the same length, the eiglit first 

 ones finely covered by whitish pubescence, the three last ones 

 brownish-black, prothorax narrow,elongate,at the base slightly 

 constricted, with fairly long hairs; on the very base, just 

 opposite to the scutellum, one sees some very small glomerated 

 white points; elytra elongate, shiny, the humeral angles 

 slightly protruding; scutellum fairly large, perfectly white; 

 on the first fourth part a white rectangular fascia consisting 

 of four more or less square white maculse situated on the 

 fifth, sixth, seventh and eigth interstices; on the third inter- 

 stice and a little further back one sees an isolated, more or 

 less square, white spöt, and on the last third part of the elytra 



Fig. 1. Ptinus amcenus Mjöb. n. sp. 



two white spöts, the exteriör one reaching from the sixth to 

 the ninth interstice and being more ore less triangulär; the 

 interiör one more rounded and placed on the third and fourth 

 interstice; on the tips a narrow whitish strip; the sutural 

 angles slightly protruding. Legs here and there covered by 

 whitish pubescence. — Length of body: 3 mm. 



Of this very beautiful species I have taken one specimen 

 on Mt. Tambourine, October 1912. It was found hidden 

 under bark. 



2. Ptinus australicus n. sp. (Textfigure 2.) 



Body fairly large and broad, much more robust than in 

 Pt. amoenus Mjöb., black, somewhat shiny, with shorter 

 black hairs; head broad, densely punctuate, eyes large; an- 



