508 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



Lacon andersoni, sp.nov. 



Minus latus ; sat nitidus ; sat convexus ; setis ininutis fulvis sat 

 sparsira vestitus ; piceo-niger, prosterno antice pedibusque 

 dilutioribus ; capite prothoraceque sat grosse minus crebre 

 (pr?esertim in hujus disco) punctulatis ; his in ceteris rebus 

 fere ut L. Adelaide, prothorace nihiloininus intra angulos 

 posticos minus perspicue carinatis ; elytris fere ut L. Euca- 

 lypti sed minus elongatis, angulis humeralibus fere subspini- 

 formibus ; tarsorum anticorum sulcis sat bene determinatis, 

 posticorum subobsoletis. [Long. 2-^, lat. 1 line (vix). 



Very like L. duplex, but inter alia larger, with the prothorax 

 much less closely punctured, and the punctures of the stria3 on the 

 elytra quite distinct from those of the interstices ; differing from 

 Eucalypti by the sparser prothoracic sculpture, subdentiform 

 humeral angles, dark antennae, dec., etc. 



S. Australia ; near Port Lincoln. 



Lacon victoria, Cand. 



I am not quite sure that I am right in referring to this species 

 a small Lacon occurring near Melbourne and agreeing very fairly 

 with the description in every respect except the colour of its 

 antennae, which is red, whereas the description implies (without 

 very distinctly asserting it) that L. Victoria 1 has black antennae. 

 I, however, think the identification sufficiently probable to justify 

 me in referring to the insect in question (in the following tabula- 

 tion) as L. Victoria?. This tabulation includes the new species 

 described above together with two or three old species which from 

 their size, general appearance, and habitat it seems well to dis- 

 tinguish from them. 



A. Upper surface not reddish marbled 

 with black. 

 B. Tarsal sulci distinct on the metas- 

 ternum. 

 C. Elytral interstices equal. 



