A iisfni/itdi (IikI TiisiiiiinUin Colcoptera. 67 



inwardlv hy an ohlicnu- iiii|iiessed line. Witli conspicuous lonjj:i- 

 tudinal striae, except in depression, where they are transverse, and 

 aliout shoulders, where they are somewhat irregular. Epip- 

 leurao striated throuo-liout, the striae more or less con- 

 verfrinor to a suhhuuieial space. Pro- and me.sosterini/n, base and 

 sides of metasternum, parts of abdomen, py- and propygidium, and 

 under surface of front legs, with sculpture as on head. Metasternun. 

 with a narrow median line, /.rf/f: rather long ; tibiae strongly inflated, 

 the inflated parts suddenly cut off towards the l)ase, so as to appear 

 strongly angular. Length 2^ mm. 



ffah.~ 'New South Wales : Gladesville. near Sydney, from a nest ol 

 Ectatoiinna nictdllinnn (A. M. Lea). 



A black species in general appearance close to striatella, but with 

 conspicuous transverse striae about the scutellar region ; the epaulettes 

 are also somewhat different. 



Tlie depression, instead of being continued to the epipleurae, as in 

 some other species, terminates some distance from each side, in a 

 large, deep cavity or fovea, above which is the small fascicle. The 

 outer walls of the cavities for the antennae are very thin, and when 

 looked down into appear of a rather light reddish brown ; from out- 

 side, however, they a]>])ear almost black. Tlie front legs are entirely 

 received into excavations, when tlieir siuljiture appears to be as that 

 of the prosternum. 



CJifai/n/dd/ixix Idfipenuls, n.sp. 



Dark reddish Ijrown, in places almost black ; shoulders and appen- 

 dages paler. With' very short, sparse and irregularly distributed 

 setae ; subhumeral depressions with short, stiff, golden fascicles. 



Head and antennae much as in preceding species, except that the 

 large punctures or areolets are somewhat larger, and that the club 

 is slightly larger than the first joint. Prothdrax about twice as 

 wide as long, sides gently incurved to middle and not raised, apex 

 sinuous and distinctly raised, except in middle, where the elevation is 

 but slight, disc strongly convex, but scarcely tuberculate in middle ; 

 with punctures or areolets as dense as on head, but more oval in 

 shape. Eh/tra slightly wider than long, sides gentlj^ rounded to- 

 wards base with a large and (for the genus) rather shallow depres- 

 sion, which towards each side becomes somewhat irregular. Shoulders 

 each api)earing as a feeble epaulette, and marked off inwardly by a 

 deep and almost straight line. Pro- and iiifsosternuin, and py- and 

 propygidium with sculpture as on head, except that it is finer. 

 Metasternum with a narrow median line, with large round punctures 

 about middle, a row of punctures margining each middle coxa and 

 fairly coarse punctures at sides ; elsewhere smooth and almost or quite 



