286 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



wide, very feebly raised at borders, anterior angles rounded, 

 posterior acute, slightly recurved. Scutellum transverse, semi- 

 circular; in some lights appearing feebly strigose. Elytra twice 

 as long as head and prothorax combined, margins wide on basal 

 half, narrowing thence to apex. Legs moderate, 1st joint of 

 anterior tarsi scarcely as long as the rest, of intermediate distinctly 

 shorter, of posterior as long as basal joint. Length 16, width 

 10 mm. 



Hab. — Pelsart Island (Houtman's Abrolhos), W.A. 



In size and shape much the same as confusiis, Macl. I 

 have named this species after Mr. F. C. Broadhurst, through 

 whose kindness I was enabled to visit this interesting group of 

 islands. 



Pterohbl^us abdominalis, n.sp. 



Oblong-elliptic, slightly convex, feebly shining, glabrous. 

 Piceous-black, under surface and legs paler; margins, tibiie and 

 palpi piceous-red. Head and prothorax densely minutely and 

 obsoletely punctate, the former densely and minutely granulate 

 at base; scutellum impunctate; each elytron with about eighteen 

 rows of small punctures, becoming obsolete towards apex; under 

 Surface irregularly and feebly punctate; metasternum obliquely, 

 the abdominal segments longitudinally strigose; legs minutely 

 punctate. 



Head wider across clypeus than the length to base of eyes; 

 clypeus feebly convex in the middle, apex feebly emarginate, 

 sides slightly raised, its suture almost obliterated. Prothorax 

 convex, with a feeble trace of a median line, deeply and semi- 

 circularly emarginate in front, sinuate at base, anterior angles 

 somewhat rounded, posterior acute, anteriorl}'- feebly margined, 

 lateral margins broad, slightly reflexed. Elytra convex, parallel- 

 sided to one-third from the apex, a little wider than prothorax at 

 base, about twice as long as head and prothoi'ax combined, not 

 once and one-half as long as wide, margins broad, feebly 

 reflexed, much narrowed from apical third to apex, a very feeble 



