Aujiitralian and Tasmdniaa Cohioptem,. 75 



tree. It moved (juite rapidly anion<rst the auts, and I think its pre- 

 sence there was not at all accidental. 



Tlie specimen differs fnnn the ty])ical form of (hi ii-<if(i in havinjj: the 

 elytra more oi"less stained with piceous ; the biise and iipex are less 

 stained than elsewhere, Init the shades of colours arc not sharply 

 limited. 



Htkhiiidak. 



* M icrorlidctfx ■^/■(iiHirnis, Er. 



Mr. Davey has taken two specimens of this species from a nest of 

 Ertutoiinnd mttftllicuiii. A specimen previously sent by him as from 

 a nest of a species of Cam poiiottts probably belon;^s to the species, 

 but is too a])raded for certainty. I have taken one of the species 

 myself, from a nest of Vdiu rn Jittra near Svdnev. 



Ptimi).\e. 



I'ol y pJdfofi's ra.sfaiifiis^ n.sp. 



Bri^dit castaneous : prothorax somewhat darker. Middle of sterita 

 and basal sej,nnent of abdomen with dense, and soniewhat <;olden 

 pubescence ; rest of abdomen and prothorax very sparsely pubescent, 

 elytra glabrous. 



Head strongly transverse ; eyes lather acutely projecting. 

 Antennae passing base of prothorax, first joint stout and subgranulate, 

 the others shining, second, third and fourth each about as long as 

 wide, fifth slightly shorter, sixth and seventh still shorter, eighth 

 about as long as sixth and seventh comljined, and distinctly wider, its 

 apex truncated and base rounded, ninth narrower than eighth, and 

 a little more than half its length. Prof/iorar slightly longer than 

 wide, sides rounded in front and constricted near base ; near base 

 strongly transversely depressed, the de])ression terminated in a fovea 

 on each side ; densely and more or k\ss longitudinally strigose, with a 

 few punctures scattered about. Elytra ovate, strongly convex;, base 

 truncate and each side with four small deep impressions ; with regular 

 rows of small punctures, the interstices each with a series of still 

 smaller punctures. Three basal segments of ahdonifit rather large, 

 their sutures obliterated across middle, with fairly numerous punc- 

 tures. Leys rather long. Length, '1 mm. 



i/«6. — X.W. Australia: "Sharp's Collection" (type in British 

 Museum). 



The latero-basal foveae of the prothorax are of considerable si/e. 

 but invisible from aljove. From, some directions the elytra of the 

 tj'pe appear to l>e covered with regular rows of large punctures ; but 

 from others these are seen to be watery-looking marks only, such 



