Cai'al)ida3 from Tasmania. 321 



late cordatis (iu tarsis intcrm-^diis angustioriljiis), })laiitis dense 

 squami-pilosis. 



Closely allied to Lecanomerits (^Cliaud.) from wliich it differs 

 ouly in the lesser dilatation of the four anterior $ tarsi, and in the 

 more elongate and flatter body, which gives the species quite a 

 different facies. In Lecanomerus the first joint of the dilated 

 male tarsi is not expanded Hke the 2-4th; but it is much shorter 

 and less linear than in Thenarotes. The Lecanomeri are shorter, 

 more ovate and convex. Both genera are numerous iu species 

 in Australia, Lecanomerus extending also to New Zealand. 

 Lecanomerus marginatus (Reed) of Chili, l)elongs to Thenarotes 

 rather than to Lecanomerus. 



Thenarotes Tasmanicus. 



Bradycello Verhasei (Dufts) similis ; at pauUo magis elongatus 

 et depressus. Rufo-testaceus, nitidus, antennis, palpis et pedibus 

 pallidioribus ; elytris utrinque plaga elongata post medium nigra 

 subiridescenti : thorace cordato-quadrato, antice longe rotundato, 

 postice pauUo ante basin subsinuatim angustato, angulis posticis 

 obtusis, margine basali utrinque oblic|uo, foveis basaliljus latis 

 grosse punctatis : elytris oblongis, fortiter striatis, abscpie striola 

 scutellari, interstiitis convexis, tertio pone medium imipunctato. 

 Long. 4-|~5 mm. 



South or Central Tasmania (Siuisou). In Mr. Janson's col- 

 lection and my own. 



Oopterus Tasmanicus. 



DrimostoiJia ? Tasmanica, Castelnau, Notes on Austr. Col., Tr. 

 Roy. Soc. Vict, ii, vol. 8, p. 199. 



A small glossy insect, taken by Mr. Simson, witli ovate, 

 almost gibbous elytra, olisoletely striated, agrees very well with 

 Castelnau's description. It has a pubescent third antennal joint 

 and acuminate palpi, agreeing in these and in others respects 

 with the genus Oopterus. The mandibles are long and slender, 

 the forehead has two long straight fiuTows, and the thorax is 

 deeply and broadly impressed on each side of the base, with a 

 carina near the hind angle. The elytra at the apex have a 

 strongly raised carina in the position of the seventh interstice, 

 on the inner side of which is the trace of a recurved striole 

 connected along the apex with the sutural stria. The second 

 antennal joint is neai'ly as Icng as the third. 



