BY THOMAS G. SLOAXE. 365 



Tachys iaspideus, n.sp. 



Elongate-oval ; prothorax transverse (not short) ; elytra 

 Isevigate, each elytron unistriate near suture and with recui-ved 

 stria of apex distinct. Shining, polished, reddish or reddish 

 brown; elytra lighter coloured than prothorax near base, almost 

 black across middle and near apex, a lai'ge yellowish-red spot 

 behind posterior discoidal puncture on each elytron. 



Head smooth, convex, lightly bi-impressed between eyes; the 

 impressions short, not extending to clypeus; eyes large, convex. 

 Prothorax small, transverse, a Httle wider than head, widest a 

 little before middle, lightly narrowed to base, convex, laevigate, 

 not declivous to middle of base, not transversely impressed across 

 base; sides lightly rounded, gently narrowed (not sinuate) to 

 posterior angles; apex and base truncate; posterior angles obtuse, 

 not prominent: border narrowly reflexed; median line wanting; a 

 lightly marked wide oblique impression at each basal angle. 

 Elytra much wider than prothorax, suboval, convex, a little 

 depressed on disc; base subtruncate; humeral angles rounded; 

 apex narrowly rounded; one simple stria on each side of suture; 

 one d^ep lateral stria besides the marginal channel on each elytron; 

 lateral interstice convex and depressed jDosteriorly; lateral margin 

 interrupted just behind shoulders causing the margin of the 

 humeral angles to project slightly; two punctures placed longitu- 

 dinally on disc of each elytron. 



Length 2*8, breadth IS mm. 



Hah. : N.8.W. — Imerell, Tamworth (Lea). 



This species exactly resembles T. spenceri, SI., in shape and 

 appearance; the marked features distinguishing it from that 

 species are («) the absence of any projection at the basal angles 

 of the prothorax, and' (6) the elytra having only one stria on each 

 side of the suture, not two as in T. spenceri. The penultimate 

 joint of the maxillary palpi is large and pyriform, the apical joint 

 a mere short spike. The general colour is like that of polished 

 yellowish-brown jasper. 



