218 A LIST OF THE CUCUJID.E OF AUSTRALIA, 



Tribe, II. BRONTINA. 

 Dendrophagus. 

 SchonheiT, Vet. Akad. Handl., 1809, p. 50. 



28. DENDRornAGUs australis. (A.m.) 



Dendropliagus cmitralis, Erichson, Wiegm. Arcluv., I., p. 218, 

 (1842). 



Wide Bay, Queensland ; Upper Hunter, Lane Cove, Sydney, 

 Wagga Wagga, Bombala, Mundarlo, New South Wales; Victoria 

 Port Lincoln, South Australia ; Tasmania ; Lord Howe Island. 



This is one of the commonest and most widely distributed of 

 the Australian Cucujidaj. 



Brontes. 

 Fabricius, Syst. El., IL, p. 97, (1801). 



29. Brontes Macleayi. sp. n. (_A.M.) 



Elongate, slightly convex, dark ferruginous brown, shining, 

 sparingly clothed with long dark pubescence ; prothoi-ax rather 

 longer than broad, with the sides feebly sen-ate and the anterior 

 angles produced into a strong spine ; elytra moderately strongly 

 punctate-striate ; antennae, tibise, and tarsi pale furruginous. 



Head transverse, rather finely and very sparingly punctured 

 towards the sides, the space between the antennal nodes almost 

 impunctate ; clypeus rather large, sparingly punctured. Antennae 

 reaching considerably beyond the apex of the elytra, the first joint 

 about as long as the head and prothorax together, the second join^ 

 somewhat less than half as long as the first. Prothorax slightly 

 narrower in front than behind, strongly, irregularly and closely punc- 

 tured, with a slight elevation on each side of the middle; the anterior 

 angles produced into a strong and rather sharp upturned spine ; the 

 sides feebly serrate and moderately strongly rounded. Scutellum 

 transverse, closely and rather strongly punctured. Elytra about 

 twice as long as the head and prothorax together, much broader 



