A aMridian and Tai^mav i<fv Colt'dptom, 37 



Thdd more transverse than usual ; punctures fairly dense and 

 clearly defined. Kyes fairly larj^e and prominent. Antennae rather 

 lightly thicivened towards apex, not extendiuL;' to hasc (tf prothorax ; 

 fourth to sixth joints feebly, seventh to tenth moderately transverse, 

 eleventh luietiy sul)conical. about as lonp: as ninth and tenth combined, 

 and slightly l)Ut distinctly wider. I'roihtinn about once and one-half 

 as \\:dc as lon^-, front an<,'les strongly rounded, sides thence obli(pie 

 to liase, which is almost truncate ; puncture-^ as on head. Eljjtra 

 moderately transverse, aibout one-fourth wider than prothorax, and 

 along suture about one-third longer, longer at sides ; jmnctures slightly 

 sparser and more clearly defined than on prothorax. Ali<hniirii almost 

 parallel-sided, and with strong margins to near apex : punctures fairly 

 dense and clearly defined. Length '1, to apex of elytra 1 mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Sydney, from a wild nest of the domesti- 

 cated bee (C Gibbons). 



The spot on each elytron is moderately distant from the suture, 

 ratlier nearer the apex than the base, fairly large, and from above 

 ajjpears almost round, but from the side is seen to be transverse, and 

 almost touching the margin. The middle of the prothorax appears 

 to be vaguely infuscated. 



I'ohjlohua a pici II ujcr. n.sp. 



Bright Havous, antennae (base excepted) somewhat darker : head, 

 a])ex of elytra, metasternum and fifth abdominal segment black. 

 Pubescence very indistinct ; except at sides of abdomen. 



Head rather short; eyes fairly proinineiit. Antennae somewhrt 

 incrassated to apex, scarcely extending to base or prothorax. I'ro- 

 thorar twice as wide as long, rather strongly (for the genus) convex, 

 sides rounded and increasing in width to base, which is gently rounded. 

 Ehjfra almost twice as wide as long, distinctly longer and wider than 

 prothorax : punctures obscured by clothing. Ahdomrti moderately 

 btu decidedly decreasing in width to near apex, and then strongly 

 to apex itself; margins com})aratively feeble. Length l.'j, to apex of 

 elytra H mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Otford, from a nest of Ertainnnna 

 metalllcum (A. M. Lea). 



A small robust species, in general remarkably like a verv snuill speci- 

 men of (irceptux, but difi'ering essentially in ibe prothorax ; in arreptus 

 the sides of that segment are evenly rounded, with the base no wider 

 than the apex, and considerably narrower than the elytra : in the 

 present species its sides are also rounded, but they are considerably 

 wider at the base than at the apex, with the consequence that they 

 appear to be subcontinuous with thoise of the elytra. In the shape 

 of the ]U'othorax it agrees with TaxuKuiiciis, \)\\{ that is a much larger 



