ARTHUR M. LEA, CRYPTOPHAGIDAE, CUCUJIDAE ETC. 15 



Heteromastix decipiens Lea. — Mount Tambourine. 



Heteromastix laticollis Lea. — Bellenden-Ker, Cedar 

 Creek, Christmas Creek, Malanda. 



Laius ephippiatiis sp. nov. — Fig. 5 a— c. 



$ Opaque; black, with a vague bliiish tinge, head, under- 

 surface of first joint of antennae, and part of abdomen, of 

 a dingy red; elytra dull purplish-bhie, a flavous fascia at 

 basal tliird, commencing rather narrowly at the suture, and 

 dilated to the sides. With very minute, ashen piibescence, 

 and some long, straggling, black hairs. 



Head with punctures so dense, minute, and rugose, as 

 to appear shagreened; with a feeble median line near base. 

 Antennae simple, apparent second joint almost as long as 

 two following combined. Prothorax rather strongly trans- 

 verse, apex about twice the width of base; finely shagreened. 

 Elytra narrow at base, sides conspicuously dilated to near 

 apex, and then widely rounded; densely granulate-pnnctate 

 throughout. Legs long and thin, front femora and tarsi 

 simple. Length, 4 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Cedar Creek, in March (Dr. E. 

 Mjöberg). Type (unique), in Stockholm Museum. 



Although the type is a female I have not hesitated to 

 describe it; the entirely opaque upper-surface, with elytra 

 greatly narrowed to base (the width there being distinctly 

 less than that of the apex of prothorax), being without 

 parallel in the genus; the elytral punctures are just as 

 crowded on the blue parts as on the saddle-like fascia; the 

 hind tibiae are unusually long, somewhat curved, and with 

 narrow ridges. It appears to be apterous. 



Laius tetrastictus sp. nov. — Fig. 0. 



^ Flavous; elytra with four blue or purple spöts, me- 

 tasternum, part of hind femora and apical half, or more, of 

 antennae, infuscated or black. With long, scattered, påle 

 brown hairs. 



Head with two feeble depressions in front; punctures 

 small and in places fairly dense. Antennae with first joint 

 rather long and stout, the apparent second longer and stouter 

 than first, obtusely produced at outer apex, lower-surface 

 convex, upper-surface irregularly concave, five apical joint s 



