12 Arthur M. Lea : 



shorter, third to ninth small, tenth short but strongly trans- 

 verse, eleventh large and ovate. Prothorax lightly transverse, 

 sides rather strongly rounded near apex, and gently decreasing 

 in width to base ; disc without impressions. Elytra slightly 

 longer than wide, sides sub-parallel, shoulders rounded ; finely 

 striate close to suture, but not elsewhere. Apex of metasternum 

 gently impressed in middle. Ahdomen non-foveate. Legs non- 

 dentate. Length, 1 (vix) mm. 



Hah. — Victoria (Dandenong Ranges). 



The species also occurrs in Tasmania, as I have the sexes 

 from the Huon Eiver, the female of which agrees well with the 

 type. The male differs in having the metasternum strongly and 

 widely impressed ; second segment of abdomen very feebly 

 impressed (scarcely more than flattened) in middle, and apical 

 segment lightly cui*ved at tip, so that from some directions it 

 appears to have a small apical tubercle. On the type the two 

 apical joints of antennae form the club, the tenth being wide 

 but short ; the ninth is also transverse, but could scarcely be 

 regarded as part of the club. The male has very similar an- 

 tennae except that the two apical joints are somewhat larger. 



Bythinus niger, King (now Eujiines nigi-a, King). 



King's label, " Bythinus niger, R.L.K." 



Type ? . Castaneous brown, legs paler, antennae darker. 

 Almost glabrous. 



Head smooth. Antennae moderately long, first joint rather 

 stout, second as stout as but shorter than first, third to eighth 

 small, ninth distinctly wider than preceding joints, tenth larger 

 and more transverse, eleventh ovate. Prothorax moderately 

 transverse, sides widest at apical two-fifths, thence subarcuate 

 to base, without discal impressit>ns. Elytra very little longer 

 than wide, shoulders rounded, sides gently rounded and in- 

 creasing in width to near apex, finely striate near suture, but 

 "not elsewhere. Metasternum feebly impressed along middle. 

 Abdomen non-foveate. Legs non-dentate. Length. 1 mm. 



Hab. — Victoria. 



•Quite an ordinaiy looking Eupines. The specimen rede- 

 ficribed is certainly the type as King says " In Dr. Hewitt's coll." 



