Coleoptera of Kin;/ fsland I8I 



small tyrannies. Under surface densely punctate. Femora 

 stout and acutely dentate, third tarsal joint wide. Lens^h 

 (exdudintr rostrum), 2i — -4^ mm. 



$ J)itiV'r.s ill having the eyes sinaUei- and not so close 

 together ; the rostrum more than half the length of prothorax, 

 moderately curved, shining, not grooved, and with smaller and 

 never conceaJed punctures ; the antennae, especially the scape, 

 are ailsn nuich thinner. 



Also fnun Tasmania (Ulverstone. Hobart, Mount Wellington 

 and Stonor), and New South Wales (Forest Reefs, Sydney, and 

 Armidale). 



Despite the great variation in clothing and size, I believe 

 all the specimens before me belong to but one species. On 

 mainy specimens the pubescence of the upper surface is con- 

 fined to the angles of the prothorax, and the space between 

 the eyes, with a little at the base of the elytra, and a little 

 beyond their middle ; it is golden as a rule, but sometimes 

 whitish. On many others, however, the head behind the eyes 

 and the rostrum behind the antennae are fairly densely 

 clothed as well, and the pubescence extends over most of the 

 prothorax (generally with such specimens most of it being red- 

 dish) with linear spots (frequently placed in two in*egularly 

 transverse series) on the middle third of the elytra. On some 

 large specimens in addition to the two irregular transverse 

 series of spots, the suture amd base of elytra have reddish (or 

 whitish) pubescence and similar pubescence is scattered about 

 on most of the interstices. The club is sometimes black or 

 infuscate, and occasionally the scape as well. On one of the 

 King Island specimens the knees and tibiae as well as the tarsi 

 aire red, and the elytral pubescence is fairly dense and mostly 

 red, but with two pale conjoined ellipses about the middle. 

 On some of the largest specimens the prothorax has a distinct 

 but very narrow carina, on most of the others the median line 

 appears to be more or less cicatrised. The scape of the male 

 is fully twice as thick as that of the female. 



200. Laeniosacciis qiierte/us, Pasc. 



201. Haplonyx nigrhos/ris, Che v. 



202. H. kirhyi, Fhs. 



