512 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



palpis pedibusque testaceis ; prothorace quain longiori vix 

 (trans angulos posticos) latiori antrorsum a basi modice 

 arcuatim angustato, postice in medio sat fortiter canaliculato, 

 subtilius minus crebre (in femina quam in mare paullo magis 

 crebre) punctulato, angulis posticis parum divergentibus sat 

 elongatis bicarinatis (carina interna subtili) ; elytris apice 

 vix perspicue emarginatis, striatis, striis sat fortiter sat 

 crebre punctulatis, interstitiis vix planis crebre subrugulose 

 punctulatis basin versus fere granulatis ; corpore subtus ut 

 M. frontalis punctulato, prosterno ad latera sulcato ; 

 antennis prothoracis basin (maris vix, feininae haud) attingen- 

 tibus, articulo 3° quam 2 US parum longiori ; tarsorum lamella 

 minus lata; capite postice in medio longitudinaliter sat 

 fortiter carinato. [Long. 4-4-J, lat. 1A-1§ lines. 



A rather inconspicuous species distinguishable by its short 

 antennae, bright ferruginous scutellum in contrast with the nearly- 

 black general surface, prothoracic puncturation less close 

 (especially in the male) than in many Monocrepidii, prothorax 

 scarcely so long down the middle as it is wide across the apices 

 of the hind angles, strongly carinated head, strong fold on either 

 side of the prosternum (where the margin of the prothorax laps 

 over as in M. Jekeli, Candeze, &c), and comparatively narrow 

 tarsal lamella. In Dr. Candeze's tabulation, referred to above, this 

 species would (on account of its prosternal structure) fall beside 

 M. Brucki and Jekeli ; of these the former is one of the largest 

 species in the genus, — the latter is at once distinguished from the 

 present insect by its antennae being " very long." Among the 

 species described since the publication of Dr. Candeze's monograph, 

 M. nitidulus, Cand. (from N.S. Wales), alone seems to come very 

 near this insect, — but inter alia as the learned author does not 

 refer to its prosternum being sulcate laterally it may be presumed 

 that it is normal in structure. 

 Victoria ; Alpine district. 



MONOCREPIDIUS MACLEAYI, Sp.llOV. 



Robustus, minus elongatus, postice sat fortiter angustatus ; sat 

 crebre fulvo-pubescens ; ferrugineus, elytris basi summa 



