86 LOED HOWE ISLAND. 



then denticulate, and narrowed to the apex. Underside bright coppery- 

 green, the sterna strongly and not very closely punctured, the abdomen with 

 tlie punctuation somewhat obsolete. Legs coppery green, finely punctured, 

 the tarsi darker. Length 12 mm.; greatest width 4i mm. 



A distinct species of Melohasis, evidently belonging to the M. nervosa group. 



ELATEEID.E. 



MONOCEEPIDIUS STRIATUS, Macl. 



Monocrepidius striatiis, Macleay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N.8.W.,II, p. 252 (1872). 

 This species is found in Queensland, and also in jNTorfolk Island, 



LAMPYEID.E. 



*Telephorus apteeus, sp. nov., 

 Plate Yl, f. 3. 



Moderately robust, dull steel-blue, somewhat shining, clothed witli very 

 fine dusky pubescence ; prothorax very slightly longer than broad, the pos- 

 terior third bright testaceous ; elytra abbreviated, finely punctured and 

 coriaceous ; abdomen elongate, segments 1-5 margined with testaceous 

 posteriorly. 



Head very finely punctured. Antennje fuscous, the second joint very small. 

 Prothorax considerably broader than the head, scarcely narrowed behind, 

 extremely finely and irregularly punctured, the anterior two-thirds steel-blue, 

 the posterior third testaceous ; the sides sub-parallel, all the angles rounded ; 

 an indistinct median line. Scutellum truncate behind, extremely finely 

 punctured. Elytra narrowed anteriorly, rounded behind, not reach- 

 ing beyond the third abdominal segment, finely and irregulaidy 

 punctured, the suture slightly raised ; the inner a]jical angles rounded. 

 Abdomen ample, very finely punctured, the first to fifth, and sometimes the 

 sixth, segments broadly bordered with testaceous. L^nderside blue-black, the 

 abdominal segments bordered with testaceous. Legs blue-black, finely 

 pubescent. Length 13-18 mm. 



Abundant throughout the island on low-growing shrubs; also found on the 

 summit of Mount Ledgbird. The female is noticeably larger than the male, 

 and has the abdomen proportionally longer and broader ; both sexes are 

 apterous. A variety occurs in which the first five abdominal segments are 

 yellow, with the anterior margins narrowly bordered with blue-black. 



This species is one of the most interesting of the endemic Coleoptera in 

 that it shows a marked modification of a type of universal distribution. In 

 spite of the abbreviated elytra, and the absence of wings, it does not differ 

 materially from Telepltorus, and I therefore venture to associate it with 

 that genus. Perhaps subsequently it will be necessary to separate it under 

 another name. 



CLERID^. 



CoEMODEs Daewini, Pasc. 



Cormodes Darivini, Pascoe, Journal Entom., I, p. 47, pi. 2, fig. 8 (1860^. 



A single specimen of this remarkable wingless species, found near Mount 

 Grower, under bark, is now in the collection of the Australian Museum. 



Omadius PRASixrs, TVestic. 

 Omadius pnisinus, Westwood, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1852, p. 53, pi. 26, 



fig 2; 



This widely-distributed Australian insect appears to be tolerably common. 



