294 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



suboval; striate, the 4th and 6th interstices slightly the widest, 

 the sutural marked by irregular punctures. Under surface more 

 shining than upper. Femora stout; two small spurs at apex of 

 tibiae; anterior tarsi dilated. Length 22, width 7 (vix) mm. 



Q. Differs in being a little larger and duller, antennse shorter 

 and thicker, femora thinner, and the anterior tarsi no wider than 

 the others. 



f/ab.—Mt. Kosciusko (Mr. W. E. Raymond). 



Through the kindness of Mr. G. Masters I am enabled to com- 

 pare the above with A. Hoivitti, from which it differs in being 

 larger, the head distinctly punctate and less shiny, antennae 

 shorter and thicker (in both sexes), palpi much darker in colour; 

 the prothorax is decidedly transverse (in A. Howitli it is — if any- 

 thing — a little longer than wide); the scutellum is a little broader, 

 the scutellar stria more distinct, and the other strite are some- 

 what different at the apex. 



MELANDRYID^, ANTHICID^, MORDELLID^. 



A paper by Mr. Champion (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1895), and 

 two by myself (RL.S.KS.W., 1894, and 1895) have clashed; and 

 unfortunately several of the names proposed for species in the 

 above families will have to rank as synonyms. The synonymy 

 Avill be treated of by Mr. Champion; but I would here like to 

 offer a few brief remarks on three of the species described by me. 



DiRC^A LiGNivoRA, P.L S.N.S.W. (2) x. 1895, p. 266. 



This species is very close to venusta, Champ.; neA-ertheless I am 

 satisfied that it should be considered as distinct. From vemista 

 it differs in being narrower (,^9); tho thorax is much darker; 

 apical macula on each elytron sublunulate (in that species it is 

 dumb-bell shaped), basal macula much smaller and more rounded, 

 not continued to lateral margins, and without a small spot or 

 paler marking behind it; there are also several other but less 

 noticeable differences. 



