Coleoptent of KiiKj Ishiiid. 153 



42. Q. analis, Macl. 



43. Homalota pavens, Er. 



44. Leucocraspedum /ugens, Jihu-kl). 



45. Creophilus erytlu-ocepJialm, Fab. 



46. Cafius /iitoralis, Fvl. 



47. C. sabu/osi/s, Fvl. 



48. C. sericetis. Holme. 



49. Xaniholimis phoenicopterus, Er. 



50. Paederiis cingniatus, Macl. 



51. P. simsofii, Blackb. 



52. Oxyietus wconstans, Lea. 



53. O. irisiiicico/lis. Lea. 



SCYDMAENIDAE. 



54. Scydtnaetms kingi, n. sp. 



Reddish castaneus, head and prothora.T slightly darker, and 

 leps somewhat paler than elsewhere. Rather sparsely clothed 

 with long, yellowish pubescence, denser on base of head and 

 iiiarfrins of prothorax than elsewhere; very short on under 

 surface. 



Head almost impunctate. Eyes small and very prominent. 

 Antennae passing base of prothorax ; first joint slightly longer 

 and stouter than second, the last four forming an elongate and 

 loosely jointed club. Penultimate point of palpi stout, last joint 

 very small. Frothorar slightly wider than long, disc flattened, 

 front angles depressed, hind almost rectangiilar ; with a large 

 fovea on each side of base, the space between with distinct 

 punctures ; elsewhere almost impunctate. Elytra elongate- 

 ovate, at base not much wider than prothorax, rather strongly 

 dilated to near the middle, apex conjointly rounded, with a sub- 

 foveate depression on each side of extreme base, and a feeble 

 longitudinal depression on each side of suture at base; with 

 minute scattered punctures. Femora clavate, tibiae and tarsi 

 long and thin. Length, \\ — H mm. 



Also from Tasmania (Mount Wellington). 



The sexes are evidently before me, as on one of the island 

 specimens the fourth segment of the abdomen has two strong 



