BY A. RAFFKAY. 181 



improbable. According to King's description cequata is "picea," 

 while soror is " rufa." E. soror has short and thick antennae. 



Eupines nigricollis, King. 



Tychus nigricollis, King, Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W. i. 1864, 

 p. 103. 



Ovata, sat crassa, rubro-castanea, elytris dilutioribus, capite 

 nigro-piceo, prothorace infuscato, brevissime et parce pubescens. 

 Caput subquadratum, leviter convexum, antice leviter rotundatuni, 

 piter oculos punctis duobus. Antennae breves, crassae, articulis 

 duobus primis majoribus, 1° brevi, 2° ovato, 3 brevissime obconico, 

 4 moniliformi, subtransverso, 5 maximo, ovato, lateraliter dente 

 truncato prsedito, 6-8 moniliformibus. subtransversis, 9 latiori, 

 transverso, 10 maximo, irregulariter trapezoidali, angulo apicali 

 externo appendiculato, margine superna interna emarginata et 

 appendiculata, 11 fere globoso, apice attamen leviter acuminato, 

 angulo basali interno infra dentato, latere interno supra late 

 foveato. Prothorax cordatus, latitudine sua longior. Elytra 

 latitudine sua paulo longiora, basi leviter attenuata, lateribus 

 rotundata, humeris notatis. Metasternum convexum, postice 

 declive, depressum et medio sulcatum. Segmentis ventralibus 2° 

 basi vix perspicue carinato, ultimo magno, toto transversim 

 impresso. Pedes sat elongati, til>iis gracilibus, apice parum 

 incrassatis. £. Long. 1\80 mm. 



Melbourne, Vic. 



By the shape of the antenna; this species bears much analogy 

 to iiodieornix and biclavata 



Eupines megacephal; 



n.sp. 



Ovata, convexa, ferruginea, antennis (apice excepto brunneo) 

 pedibus(jue pallide testaceis, nitida, glabra. Caput magnum, 

 quadrato-transversum, angulis omnibus rotundatis, utrinque in 

 fronte oblique plicatulum et sulcatum, inter oculos foveis duabus 

 obsoletis et minutis. Antenna; breves crassae, articulis 1 et 2 

 paulo majoribus, ovatis, 3 suboblongo et obconico, 4-8 monilibus, 



