BY A. SIDNEY OLLIFF, F.E.S. 437 



minus nitidis, dense omnium subtilissime f ulvo-pubescentibus ; 

 capite, thorace elytrisque praesertim omnium creberrime sub- 

 tilissime punctatis ; antennis brevibus, sat incrassatis, articulis 

 6-10 sensim leviter transversis ; capite parvo, orbiculato ; thorace 

 for titer transverso, capite tertia parte latiore, antice vix fortius 

 quam postice angustato, lateribus angulisque fortiter rotundatis ; 

 elytris capite dimidio latioribus, thorace sat longioribus, plani- 

 usculis, angulo apicali prof unde sinuatis ; abdomine robusto, 

 sublaevi, ( ( ^ 1 ?) segmento 6.°supra vix, 7.°fortius rugosule punctulato, 

 hoc apice late subtriangulariter inciso, vix crenulato. Long. 

 3 mm. {Fvl, ) 



Victoria. 



40. POLYLOBUS PALLIDIPENNIS. 



Homalota jxdlidipennis, Macleay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W. II., 

 p. 135 (1871). 



Elongate, slightly convex, narrowed both in front and behind, 

 testaceous, somewhat shining ; antennae testaceous ; 4th and 5th 

 abdominal segments piceous. 



Head finely and not very closely punctured, the pubescence 

 yellow and not very dense. Antennae slightly thickened towards 

 the extremity; joints 2-3 equal in length, 4th a little shorter, 5-10 

 transverse, 11th somewhat larger, acuminate. Prothorax strongly 

 transverse, considerably narrowed in front, finely and closely 

 punctured; sides arena tely rounded; posterior angles obtusely 

 rounded. Elytra a little longer than the prothorax, at the base 

 slightly narrower than the prothorax, widening posteriorly, finely 

 and closely punctured, with a moderately large indistinct spot near 

 the external apical angles ; the sides feebly rounded ; the posterior 

 margin deeply sinuate just before the external angles which are 

 rather strongly produced. Abdomen considerably narrowed behind, 

 the first three segments finely and closely punctured, the others 

 more strongly and less closely punctured. Legs pale testaceous. 

 Length 2 mm. 



Gayndah, Queensland ; New South Wales. 



