Australian and Tasmanian Scychnaenidae. 201 



Sci/(h/ia<-/iiis parrnmattensis, King. 



Additional localities for this species are Clarence River, Windsor 

 and Tannvorth. 



Scijdmaoiua clarus. n.sp. 



<?■ Bright reddish castancous ; head prothorax and suture some- 

 ■what darker than elsewiiere ; palpi and tarsi flavous. Sides at 

 base of head, and sides of prothorax, with moderately dense, 

 flavous hairs; rest of upper surface entirely glabrous. 



Head transverse; obtusely bilobed between antennae. Eyes small 

 and prominent. Antennae rather long; club four-jointed. Pro- 

 tJwrar about as long as wide, moderately convex; each side of base 

 with a small deep fovea, the outer basal margins also foveate. 

 Ehffra at base scarcely wider than base of prothorax, sides dilated 

 to near the middle; and then rounded to ajjex; basal impressions 

 wide and conspicuou.s. Mctasttrnum rather widely concave' at 

 middle of apex. Legs rather long; hind coxae rather distant; 

 femora rather stout, the front pair stouter than the others. Length 

 If mm. 



? Differs in having the metasternum depressed only in middle of 

 extreme apex, femora thinner and antennae somewhat thinnei- and 

 shorter. 



Hah. — Tasmania : Mount Wellington, Frankford, from fallen 

 leaves and moss. (A. M. Lea.) 



In appearance fairly close to r/lahripennis. but antennae rather 

 stouter, and prothoracic impressions and clotliing different. 



At a glance the club appears to be subcontinuous with the other 

 joints of the antennae, but the eighth joint is longer and suddenly 

 (although not much) wider than the seventh, althougli as the follow- 

 ing joints slightly increase in width, and the seventh is itself 

 slightly Avider than the sixth, the clubbing is not so pronounced as 

 in many other species.' The basal foveae of the prothorax from 

 most directions appear to be completely isolated, but from others 

 a vague connecting depression is visible; the outer (Uies are quite 

 concealed from above. 



On this and on all the following species of the genus the elytral 

 punctures are so extremely sparse and faint that they are quite 

 useless for purposes of identification ; on the head and prothorax, 

 if present at all, they are seen with difficulty, and only from certain 

 "directions. 



