18G Arflrvr M. Lc'<t : 



in male ; basal third with niarse cuncealed punctures, apical 

 two-thirds polished and lightly punctate. Funicle with the first 

 joint slightly longer than second, the others about as long as 

 wide. Frothorax slightly longer than wide, obcordate ; with 

 dense round concealed punctures ; veiy feebly elevated beneath 

 fascicles. Elytra about once and one-third the width of and fully 

 twice the length of prothorax : with series of large, but almost 

 entirely concealed punctures, subtuberculate beneath fascicles. 

 Abdomen with dense and minute punctiu'cs ; the two basal seg- 

 ments with moderately lairge round ones (two rows of similar 

 punctures on the metasternum) ; third and fourth each with a 

 row of rather smaill ones ; all punctures entirely concealed, but 

 the larger ones seta-bearing. Posterior femora extending to 

 penultimate segment. Length 4 mm. 



Also occurs in many places in Tasmania. 



The fascicles on the protlKjrax cimsist of two series of four 

 each : one across middle, the other at base (the latter often in- 

 distinct) and a rather feeble one on each side of apex ; the elytral 

 fascicles may all be of a more or less decided fawn, i.r some of 

 them may be decidedly sooty ; there is nearly always a large 

 fascicle on each side at summit of posterior declivity, and 

 usually there is a patch of greyish scales on each side of middle. 

 In the female rather less of the base of the rostrum is clothed 

 than in the male. Specimens are not uncommon under logs and 

 stones, and may often Ije taken craiwling over logs and fences at 

 night. 



209. He.\ymus australis, Boi. 



{Crypiorhynchiis aiistralis, tU>i.: Cryptor]iy)icltiis si/idi/s, i*]r.' ; 

 Hexymus suhplatiatiis, Lea.) 



Dr. Bolsduval's description is quite worthless for the identifica- 

 tion of this species, but I have examined his tvjie (now in the 

 lirussels Museum), and it is certainly a IJexyiiiiis, and the species 

 described by Erichson a.s (' ri/ pforJn/urlntx xolidii.^ ~ and by my- 

 self as^ Hexymus suhjjlanatus. 



1 Wiegni. .\rcli., 1S4-2, p. 205 (omitted from Master's Catalogue). 



2 I have exauiiiiefl a speciiiieii from the Herlin Museum marked " Civptorhynehus 

 NoHUus, Er.; Type 3.')937." It is, ho\ve\ er, prohahly the specimen of which Krichsoii said 

 " Variat foi-jiore toto fusco-squainoso." But, except for the colours of its scales and that 

 the rostrum is almost entirely hlack, it ajjrees with his description. 



'A From a t^reatly abraded specimen. 



