134 AUSTRALIAN PSELAPHID^, 



Mesoplatus tuberculatus, n.sp. 

 (Plate x., fig. 32.) 



Elongatus, parum convexus, totus castaneus, subnitidus, pedi- 

 bus rufis, palpis tarsisque pallide testaceis, pube brevi, grisea, 

 sparsa. Caput rugoso-punctatum, transversurn, deplanatuni, 

 supra fere concavum, juxta oculos foveis duabus parum profundi*. 

 Antennse validse, articulis 1 parum elongato, 2 subquadrato, 3-8 

 minoribus, monilibus, 9-10 transversis, crescentibus, 11 majori, 

 ovato. Prothorax capite plus duplo longior et paulo latior. 

 ovatus, antice posticeque subeequaliter attenuatus, parce punctatus, 

 sulco longitudinali integro, transverso, sinuato, foveis lateralibus 

 magnis. Elytra latitudine sua vix longiora, subquadrata, disperse 

 sed valde punctata, humeris obliquis, basi quadrifoveata, sulco 

 dorsali obsoleto ad medium evanescenti. Abdomen elytris 

 longius sat convexum, segmento 1° sequenti haud duplo longiori, 

 basi impresso, carinulis duabus divergentibus, parum elongatis et 

 plus quam tertiam partem disci includentibus. 



£. Trochanteribus intermediis inflatis, segmentis ventralibus 3 

 basi media tuberculo acuto et valido, 4-5 transversim depressis. 

 Long. 2-10 mm. 



Clarence River, N.S.W. (Mr. A. M. Lea). 



The differences between this species and M. barbatus, King, are: 

 the larger size and lighter colouration, the rugoso-punctate head, 

 and a more scattered and superficial punctuation on the pro- 

 thorax. 



Mesoplatus longicollis, n.sp. 



Elongatus, rufo-castaneus, antennis pedibusque rufis, tarsis 

 pallidis, pubescentia brunnea dense vestitus. Caput valde trans- 

 versum, rugoso-punctatum, sulco transverso arcuato parum pro- 

 fundo sed lato. Antennae crassre, articulis 1° elongato et 

 cylindrico, 2 ovato, 3-8 monilibus, 9-10 majoribus, transversis, 11 

 breviter ovato. Prothorax elongato-ovatus, antice plus postice 

 minus attenuatus, dense rugoso-punctatus, opacus sulco longitudi- 

 nali obsoleto, transverso, parum profundo, sinuato, foveis latera- 

 libus parum profundis, lateribus leviter depressis. Elytra pro- 



