BY A. SIDNEY OLLIFF, F.E.S. 893 



elytris sutura et tertia parte apicali a scutello arcuatim, segmentis 

 2, 5-7, pedibusque plus minusve rufis ; segmento 2.° pube aurea ;. 

 punctura thoracis parciore, vix perspicue aspera, elytrorum 

 abdominisque sat densa et fortiore, segmentis 6-7 laevioribus ; 

 antennis brevibus, crassis, articulis 7-8 quadra tis, 9-10 parum 

 transversis ; thorace subsemicirculari, transverso, antice fortiter 

 arcuatim angustato, angulis posticis recte truncatis, licet obtusis ; 

 elytris circa apicem parum angustatis, thorace vix latioribus, paulo 

 longioribus ; abdomine brevius couico. Long. 3-4 mm. (Fvl.) 



Victoria ; Adelaide, South Australia ; King George's Sound, 

 West Australia. 



95. CONOSOMA FUMATUM. 



Conurus fumatus, Erichson, Gen. Staph, p. 228 (1840) ; Fauvel, 

 Ann. Mus. Genov. X., p. 280 (1877), 



Fuscus, nitidus, fulvescenti-pubescens, antennarumbasi pedibusque 

 testaceis, thorace limbo rufescente, elytris thorace longioribus ; 

 statura intermedins quasi inter C. pubescentem et immaculatum 

 (fusculum) ; utrique affinis, ab utroque autem pube minus subtili 

 et thoracis angulis posticis hand prominulis satis distinctus ; £ 

 segmento 7.° supra apice rotundato, subtus sat fortiter triangulariter 

 exciso, tarsis anticis articulis 3 primis leviter dilatatis. Long. 

 3 J mm. (Fvl.) 



Tasmania. 



96. CONOSOMA ELONGATULUM. 



Conurus elongatulus, Macleay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 II., p. 136 (1871). 



Elongate, much narrowed behind, dark piceous, shining, sparingly 

 clothed with fine grey pubescence ; prothorax narrowly margined 

 with dark reddish testaceous at the base ; antennee and legs reddisli 

 testaceous. 



Head transverse, scarcely perceptibly and not very closely punc- 

 tured. Antennae rather long, thickened towards the extremity,, 

 the first three and the apical joints somewhat paler than the 

 others ; basal joint very elongate, joints 2-6 of nearly equal lengths 

 and elongate, 7th to 10th much shorter, only slightly longer than 

 broad, the apical joint short and acuminate at the extremity. 



