158 Arthur M. Lea : 



the roots of beach gi-owing plants, and on which their larvae 

 proliably feed. 



111. Crepidfl/iit'ii/(s aberratis^ n. sp. 



J Piceous-red, auti^iinae, scutelhini, prosternuni and .sides of 

 meso- and of metasternuni black or blackish ; legs obscurely 

 variegated. Rather densely clothed with short, silvery pubes- 

 cence; on the upper surface variegated with irregular spots 

 of rusty or golden pubescence. 



Head densely punctate, with a wide, feeble depression be- 

 tween eyes. Antennae extending to hind coxae. Prothorax ap- 

 parently twice as long as wide, but by actual measurement not 

 once and one-half as long as wide, sides subparaillel to near 

 base, hind angles acute and embracing shoulders ; median line 

 rather deep and wide in middle, becoming obsolete towards apex 

 and subobsolete towards base ; punctures rather smaller and 

 not quite so dense as on head. Srutelluw subcordate. Elytra 

 (by measurement) not thrice the length of prothorax, each 

 semicircularly notched at inner apex ; striate-punctate, punctures 

 in striae small, but deep, interstices with moderately dense minute 

 punctures. Under surface rather sparsely punctate along 

 middle, but densely at sides ; base and apex of prosternum with 

 coarse punctures. Tarsi thin, fourth joint nan-ower than third. 

 Length, 14 — 18 mm. 



? Difler.s in being niiu-li \vi(h^i-, liotli jH'othorax and elytra less 

 parallel-sided, antennae not passing hind angles of prothorax, 

 and legs shorter. 



Also from Tasmania (Frankford). 



The long prothorax of the male and the narrow tarsi are at 

 variance with others of the genus, amd in fact at a glance the 

 species looks like a Chrosis. The only female before me is 

 somewhat abraded, but all of its clothing appears to be more 

 golden than silvery; whilst on the upper surface it is decidedly 

 golden, with a feeble mottling of sooty. 



112. C. aiisffd/is, l)<)i. 



113. C. dao/af//s, Er. 

 lU. C. fu/i^idits. Va: 



