544 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



longitudinal impressed line. The prothorax is densely pubescent 

 and rather strongly transverse, and has an obscure transverse 

 furrow in front and two parallel and more strongly denned ones 

 in front of the base ; its lateral spines are large and strong ; its 

 surface is of a dark buff-colour and bears in two rows (transversely 

 placed, one immediately in front of, the other immediately behind, 

 the middle) 6 very conspicuous whitish spots ; there is also a good 

 deal of whitish pubescence around the spines. The whitish 

 pubescence on the elytra forms small well denned blotches pre- 

 senting in parts a reticulate appearance and recalling a little the 

 elytral pubescence of Penthea vermicularia, Don. The prevailing 

 colour of the pubescence on the under-side and the legs is whitish, 

 among which large well denned patches of dark buff-coloured 

 pubescence are everywhere distributed. The antennae of the 

 example before me are slightly longer than the body ; the basal 

 two joints are brown, more or less marked with whitish ; the other 

 joints are whitish, but become nearly black near the apex ; there 

 is a very distinct 12th joint; the 3rd joint is evidently longer 

 than either the 1st or 4th. 



S. Australia ; McDonnell Ranges ; in the collection of C. 

 French, Esq. 



PHYTOPHAGA. 



Spilopyra Olliffi, sp.nov. 



Nitida ; glabra ; supra obscure fenea, subtus testaceo, 



antennis tibiis tarsisque cyaneis, palporum basi femoribusque 



runs ; supra crasse rugulose (capite magis subtiliter minus 



rugulose) punctulata ; prothorace sat transverso, antice haud 



angustato, ante scutellum impresso, lateribus leviter arcuatis 



angulis anticis vix prominulis, posticis dentiformibus, basi 



lobato-bisinuata ; elytris ad humeros fortiter extrorsum 



prominentibus, striatis, disco utrinque pone basin tuberculo 



compresso permagno munito. [Long. 4 J- 5, lat. 2-|— 3 lines. 



This species is not very much like S. sumptuosa, Baly, in general 



appearance, but its simple claws and other structural characters 



will place it very near that species even if it have to be made the 



