516 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



Cardiophorus VICTORIENSIS. 



Niger, prothorace (fascia basali antrorsum arcuata sat angusta 

 nigra excepta) tarsisque rufo-testaceis ; pube brevi suberecta 

 sat dense vestitus ; prothorace quam longiori vix latiori, 

 crebre subtiliter sat aequaliter punctulato, antice minus 

 angustato, lateribus fere ad apicem marginatis parum 

 rotundatis ; elytris quam prothorax vix latioribus sat fortiter 

 punctulato-striatis, interstitiis sat planis crebre obscure 

 subrugulosis ; unguiculis intus late subobsolete dentatis ; 

 antennis robustis prothoracis basin longe superantibus. 



[Long. 2f , lat. £ line. 

 Probably near to C. bicolor, Cand., which however inter alia 

 is a smaller species, with testaceous legs. The example described 

 is probably a male. 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 



Cardiophorus eucalypti, sp.nov. 



Niger, antennarum basi tarsisque testaceis, tibiis brunneis vel 



obsure testaceis, elytrorum parte basali tertia brunneo- 



testacea, colore hoc latera versus nonnullis exemplis retrorsum 



producto ; pube brevi suberecta sat dense vestitus ; prothorace 



subtilissime vix perspicue punctulato, antice sat fortiter 



angustato, latitudine longitudini sequali, lateribus fortiter 



rotundatis pone medium subsinuatis a basi ultra medium 



subtiliter marginatis ; elytris quam prothorax baud vel vix 



latioribus, minus fortiter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis vix 



convexis obscure punctulatis ; unguiculis intus late obtuse 



dentatis ; antennis (<J) prothoracis basin longe superantibus 



vel (9) nmlto brevioribus. [Long. 2^, lat. t line (vix). 



It may be observed that it is just possible this may be a form 



of C. elisus, Cand., witli an extreme development of the humeral 



red colour. But if so it is desirable that it should be described, 



and it certainly seems to deserve a distinctive name even as a var. 



I have seen nothing at all intermediate between the two forms. 



Victoria; under bark of Eucalyptus in the Alpine district; 

 also in S. Australia. 



