Coleopteni <>J K'nuj liland. 167 



seriate in a.rran<reiiient. Two spix'ilnens have the elytra entirely 

 ]iak' except for a slight infuscatinn at the sides ; but the suture 

 is usually black or at least very dark ; on two specimens this 

 dark markinfj is widened into a rather feeble cloud beyond the 

 middle. On the darker specimens tlie elytra appear to ha.ve two 

 wide flavous stripes. 



-M KI.ANDKVIDAK. 



159. C ^fchesii r in in i//a, 1 1 . s p . 



Piceous or piceous brown, with or without a slipfht coppery 

 U'loss ; apjjendafres paler, base of antennae a.nd spurs of hind 

 tibiae still paler. Densely clothed with fine pubescence. 



Head almost concealed from above ; with small and dense 

 punctures. Antennae just passintr middle coxae. Prothorar at 

 base about twice as wide as lonp:, strongly narrowed to apex, 

 base feebly bisinuate ; with small dense punctures, rather finer 

 at aipex than at base. Snitellun} minute, strongly transverse. 

 Elytra about five times the lenLrth of, and outline continuous 

 with that of prothorax, at base with punctures as on base of 

 prothorax, becoming smaller posteriorly. Spurs of hind flhiae 

 almost the length of basal joint of hind tarsi. Length, 2 miD. 



Also from Tasmania (Swaaisea, Hobart and Huon River). 



In shape much like austrina, but very much smaller, none of 

 the specimens before me exceeding 2 mm. in length. The sjieci- 

 mens fi'oni the island are rather less rol)ust than those from 

 Tasmania, but I can detect no other differences. 



160. Scraptia aiestralis, Cliaiiip. 



Lagriidak. 



161. Lagria i^raiidis. Gyll. 



Anthicidak. 



162. Aii/hiiNS i/-(7ssih\<, Laf. 



Previously recorded from New Holhind unly. liut a widely 

 distrilnited species. In addition tu numerous Kinu' Island speci- 

 mens I have taken others at Sydney and in Tasmania. The 

 male has curiously distorted hind tiliiae. The apical maculae 

 of the elvtra are never so clearlv defined as the basal ones, and 



