520 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



Helodes (Cyphon?) pictus, sp.nov. 

 Ovalis ; sat convexus; pubescens; obscure rufus, capite postice 

 prothoracis disco et elytrorum fasciis 2 apiceque nigris, 

 antenuis apicem versus corpore subtus femoribusque infus- 

 catis j capite prothoraceque obscure minus crebre punctulatis ; 

 hoc perbrevi, valde trans verso, angulis posticis obtusis ; 

 elytris minus subtiliter sat crebre punctulatis, puncturis 

 apicem versus gradatim subtilioribus ; antennarum articulis 

 2° 3°que conjunctis (hoc quam ille multo minore) 4° paullo 

 brevioribus. |_ Lon g' !» lat - 5 line - 



The colour of the elytra is quite a bright red ; the black fasciae 

 are quite conspicuous though not very sharply denned ; the 

 anterior fascia is a little behind the base, which it reaches on the 

 suture, the posterior is slightly behind the middle. The punc- 

 turation of the elytra is almost exactly as in //. Olliffi ; there is 

 no trace of costee or elevated lines. 

 Victoria ; Alpine district. 



Helodes (Cyphon?) ovensensis, sp.nov. 

 Oblongus ; minus convexus ; pubescens ; niger, antennarum basi 

 prothorace elytris pedibusque brunneo-testaceis ; capite pro- 

 thoraceque crebre subtilius punctulatis ; hoc brevi fortiter 

 transverso angulis posticis obtusis ; elytris minus subtiliter 

 sat crebre punctulatis, puncturis apicem versus paullo subti- 

 lioribus ; antennarum articulis 2° 3° que inter se longitudine 

 sequalibus (hoc quam ille graciliori) conjunctis quam 4 US paullo 

 longioribus. [Long. 1§, lat. g line (vix). 



This species resembles //. pieties in puncturation, but differs 

 (apart from colour) in its much narrower and more parallel form 

 and in the relative length of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th antennal joints. 

 Victoria ; obtained by sweeping on the banks of the Ovens. 



Helodes (Cyphon'?) frater, sp.nov. 



Ovalis ; sat convexus ; pubescens ; niger, antennarum basi 

 prothorace (hoc maculatim infuscato) elytris (his piceo- 

 umbratis) pedibusque testaceis vel brunneo-testaceis ; capite 



