146 Arthu7' M. Lea : 



fimicle. The club is finely pubescent ; distinctly longer than 

 the funicle and oblong-elliptic ; it is composed of three joints, 

 with strongly oblique sutures ; but these are so very indistinct 

 that at first the club appears to be solid, and it is only in certain 

 lights and from certain directions that the sutures can be seen 

 at all. 



Fhloeopthorus acacice^ n. sp. 



Dark brown, sometimes almost black ; antennae (club darker), 

 tibiae and tarsi reddish. Clothed with short, stout, pale setae, 

 more or less closely applied to the derm ; the elytra in addition 

 with regular rows of short, stiff, semi-upright setae. 



Head with moderately dense but partially concealed punc- 

 tures. Scape stout, somewhat shorter than funicle ; funicle 

 with first joint stout, curved at base and longer than any of 

 the others ; second slightly longer than third ; club distinctly 

 longer than funicle, about twice as long as wide, raither pointed, 

 sutures distinct and not oblique. Prothorax about once and 

 one-half as wide as long ; with dense but more or less con- 

 cealed punctures ; sides rather strongly rounded ; base strongly 

 bisinuate. Elytra elongate-cordate, no wider than prothorax 

 and about twice as long; striate-punctate, striae and punc- 

 tures in same partially concealed ; interstices wader than 

 striae, and with numerous punctures, at base each separately 

 raised, except the sutural one on each side. Second segment 

 of abdomen about half the length of first, and not much longer 

 than third. Tibiae dilated to apex. Length 2-2 J mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania. 



Abundant in dead and dying wattle trees, just beneath and 

 in the bark. The elytra are usually as dark as the rest of 

 the upper surface, but are often more or less reddish ; the 

 femora and coxae are also sometimes reddish. Seen from in 

 front the raised interstices at the base of the elytra appear like 

 a fine curved saw, with a gap at the suture. The funicle under 

 a quarter-inch power is quite distinctly five-jointed, the second 

 to the fifth joints being each dilated to apex, so that each is 

 quite distinctly visible. 



