Coleoptera, Fart I. 133 



Head slifrhtly wider than prothorax, with dense and fine 

 punctures in front, sparser and slightly larger elsewhere. An- 

 tennae scarcely longer than head is wide. Prothorax consider- 

 ably longer than wide, apex wider than base, rather strongly 

 inflated in middle ; with moderately large, subrugose and fairly 

 dense punctures. Elytra slightly narrower at base than base 

 of prothorax, its widest portion (which is subapical) narrower 

 than head, apices separately obtusely rounded and not serrated ; 

 with denser but not larger punctures than on prothorax. Legs 

 long and thin. Length 3;^ mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania : Huon River (A. M. Lea). 



On each elytron one spot is beyond the middle, its widest 

 portion on the side and its hind edge curved round so as to 

 meet its front edge about half-way from the suture ; the other 

 spot is oblique and subapical. The four, if their inner margins 

 were continued so as to meet, w^ould enclose a somewhat cir- 

 cular space. The under surface of the front tibiae and of the 

 tips of the four hind ones are slightly diluted wdth red in the 

 unique specimen before me. It was obtained from sedges. 



The species of the genus known to me may be tabulated as- 

 f ollows : — 



Elytra dark at base quadrinotata, n. sp. 



Elytra pale at base - 



Elytra not white at apex - - - - curvifasciata, n. sp. 



Elytra white at apex 



Elytra with a pale median fascia - ctenostomoides, Wath. 



Elytra without such a fascia - - brevipennis, Pasc. 



SCOLYTIDAK. 



Crossotarsus imiiszechi^ Chp. 

 Mon. Platypides, p. 62, figs. 7 (c? and $ ), 7a. 



Two specimens before me, from Cairns, agree well with the 

 description and figure of the female of this species, and Mr. 

 Hacker had the same species (his 881) from Coen. 



The species was originally described from New Guinea, Aru 

 and Celebes. The genus^ is now first recorded as Australian. 



1 Chp., Mon. Platypides, p. 44. 4 



