CO LEO P TEE A. —LEA. 185 



GYMNOCYCHRAMUS POLITUS sp. nov. 



Blackish, or dark reddish brown : scutellum, iiiesosternum, metasternum, 

 abdomen, and antennae (except club) more or less castaneous. Upper surface 

 glabrous and polished; under surface and appendages sparsely pubescent. 



Head across eyes about one-third wider than at base; with fairly dense 

 and sharply defined but small punctures; a deep impression at each side of 

 clypeus; lobes of labrum with a short but distinct fringe. Antenna with basal 

 joint stout, slightly larger than each lobe of labrum, second small, about half 

 the length of third, and slightly shorter than fourth, ninth and tenth widely 

 triangularly excised at apex, eleventh with its tip slightly produced in middle. 

 Prothorax evenly convex, base about twice as wide as the median length, sides 

 strongly rounded and finely margined, apex semicireularly emarginate and about 

 half the width of base, front angles rounded off, hind ones slightly produced 

 and feebly clasping shoulders ; towards sides with minute punctures, the middle 

 impunctate or almost so. Scutellum impunetate, at base the width of three 

 elytral interstices. Elytra at base slightly narrower than prothorax, sides 

 narrowed and finely margined to apex ; with rows of distinct but not very large 

 punctures, towards the sides and apex the rows with feeble evidences of stria- 

 tion ; interstices with minute punctures. Abdomen with a row of punctures at 

 the base of each segment, the apical segment and the pygidium with numerous 

 punctures, slightly coarser than on head. Front tibiae finely serrated externally, 

 the apical spur slightly curved, and about two-thirds the length of claw-joint. 

 Length, 5-5-6-5 mm. 



Hob. — New South Wales: Richmond River, in fungi. — Type, C/2272 in 

 Queensland Museum; eotype, I. 12056 in South Australian Museum. 



On several specimens the elytra are deep black, on one the head and 

 prothorax are reddish-castaneous, on all of them the scutellum is the palest 

 part of the upper surface. The flap-like margins of the prothorax, as seen from 

 below, are about twice as wide at the base as at the apex. 



CIRCOPES VAGANS cp. nov. 

 Black; antennos, palpi, and legs more or less castaneous. Densely clothed 

 with depressed ashen pubescence, on the elytra in numerous closely placed series. 



Head with fairly dense, partially concealed punctures. Antennge short, 

 club almost circular. Prothorax evenly convex, base more than twice as wide as 

 the median length, sides strongly rounded and very finely margined, hind angles 

 slightly embracing shoulders, apex moderately emarginate, about half the width 

 of base; punctures much as on head. Scutellum rather large and semicircular. 

 Elytra at base slightly narrower than prothorax, sides feebly diminishing in 

 width to apex; with numerous regular rows of subasperate punctures, becoming 

 irregular about tip ; not covering pygidium. Intercoxal process of prosternum. 

 slightly produced beyond coxai and obtiLsely pointed. Legs rather short and stout. 

 Length, 2-2-25 mm. 



