Australian and Tasmanian ScydnKtenidae. 2 1 1 



ing the lioiul to lie iikut densely clotlied at the base tliuii is usual, 

 HO that it is leally witlmut tiue fascicles. The seventh joint ot the 

 niiteiinae is very little lar^ei- than the sixth, and not half the nidrh 

 of the eighth, the latter is practically the same size as the ninth or 

 tenth. These combined are the length of the eleventh. At the base 

 of the prothoi-ax there are two small round foveae, somewhat closer 

 together than is usual ; there is also anothei' fcjvea on each margin, 

 but partly visible from above; all four are connected by an im- 

 pression that varies in apparent depth according to the point of 

 view; the lateral foveae are each connected by mi oblique impies- 

 sion. The elytra are suppled with faii'ly numerous punctures, of 

 small size certainly, but readily visil)le under a Coddington lens, 

 in which respec't they differ from the other species here descj'ibc<l. 



Sci/dniatnu.s a/itplipennis, n.sp. 



S' Bright castaneous, head and pi'othorax somewhat darker than 

 -elsewhere, tarsi and palpi Havous. Elytra with rather sparse and 

 not very long stiamineous hairs; prothorax not very densely clothed 

 at sides, and glabrous elsewhere; head very spai-sely clothed and 

 without fascicles. 



Head slightly longer than wide, feebly bilobed between antennae. 

 Eyes small and prominent. Antennae moderately long; club in- 

 conspicuously four-jointed. I'rothorar distinctly longer than wide; 

 base with two somewhat irregular foveae. Elytra at base wider 

 than prothorax, and rather more than twice as wide about the 

 middle, subobliquely dilated to near the middle, and then rounded 

 to apex. Metasternum lightly convex. Abdomen with fourth seg- 

 ment bidentate. Legs long; hind coxae rather widely separated; 

 front trochanters triangularly dentate. Length, If mm. 



2 Differs in having abdomen simple, and legs somewhat shorter, 

 with the front trochanters unarmed. 



//«?>.— N. S. Wales : Sydney. (Macleay Museum), Forest Reefs. 

 (A. M. Lea.) 



Readily distinguished from most species of the genus by the com- 

 paratively small prothorax, large elytra and bidentate abdomen. 

 The second to seventh joints of antennae are practically of even 

 width, and the seventh is not much, certainly not conspicuously so, 

 narrower than the eighth, so that the antennae might almost faiidy 

 be regarded as having the joints of subcontinuous width, and with 

 the club rather feebly defined; still it is defined, and this, with the 

 separation of the hind coxae, evidently distinguishes the species 



