526 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



Metriorhynchus monticola, sp.nov. 



Ater, prothoracis lateribus elytrisque rufis, his antice prope 

 suturam longitudinaliter late nigro-vittatis ; prothorace leviter 

 transverso, 7-areolato ; elytrorum sutura margine laterali 

 lineisque 4 discoidalibus costatis, intervallis biseriatim sat 

 crasse cancellato-punctulatis, rostro brevi. 



[Long. 44, lat. 1? lines. 



I have seen only a female example of this species ; its antennae 

 are like those of M. lugubris, Waterh., as figured Tr. Ent. Soc, 

 Lond., 1877, PI. 11., fig. 70. The rostrum is of the length of the 

 basal joint of the antennae. The intervals of the costae on the 

 elytra are punctured exceptionally coarsely (decidedly more 

 coarsely than in M. erythropterus, Er.) and here and there the 

 series are confused by two of the punctures coalescing ; there 

 are no distinct lines separating one row of punctures from another 

 in the several pairs except close to the base. The black vitta in 

 the example before me commences on the base of each elytron 

 very near the scutellum ; it is of a width to include two costse, is 

 of even width (but its limits are not very sharply defined) and 

 reaches hind ward to considerably beyond the middle of the 

 elytron. 



No species very closely resembling this has been described 

 hitherto, unless it be Lycus ochraceus, Dalm., which seems to be 

 somewhat similarly coloured, — but the description is much too 

 brief for identification, even generically. 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 



Metriorhynchus occidentalis, sp.nov. 



Ater, elytris (macula magna elongata communi ante apicem posita 

 excepta) aurantiacis; prothorace modice transverso, 7- areolato ; 

 elytrorum sutura margine laterali lineisque 4 discoidalibus 

 costatis, intervallis biseriatim cancellato-punctulatis ; rostro 

 minus brevi. 

 Maris antennis fortiter (quam M. erythropteri^ Er., magis 

 fortiter) pectinatis. [Long. 5^, lat. \\ lines. 



