294 Records of the S.A. Museum 



HOPLEPISCAPHA g-en. nov. 



Head subtriangulai'. Eyes small, lateral, coarsely faceted. Palpi short, 

 apical joint conical. Antennae elongate, three apical joints forming a loose club. 

 Prothorax rather long, sides and base finely margined. Scutellum widely trans- 

 verse. Elytra elongate, parallel-sided to near apex. Prosternnm evenly convex 

 in front, process rather wide betAveen coxae and dilated at its end; coxal cavities 

 closed. Metasternum elongate, episterna narrow, epimera almost entirely con- 

 cealed. Legs long; front femora of male dentate; tarsi linear, three basal joints 

 setose, fourth appearing as a small basal portion of claw joint, this almost as long 

 as the rest combined. 



The elongate antennae, witli clnl) loosely articulated and hardly more than 

 continuous with the preceding joints, is at variance with all other described 

 Australian Erotylidae, and with all those figured by Kuhnt (^) ; but the tarsi are 

 nnu'h as figured for Coptengis sheppardi.i''^) When the abdomen has been 

 wetted the coxal lines are faintly traceable almost to the apex of the basal 

 segment, but they disappear when dry. For the present the genus may be 

 referred to the vicinity of Episcaphula. 



HOPLEPISCAPHA LONGICORNIS sp. nov. 



Fig. 337. 



S Castaneo-flavous, legs flavous, knees somewhat infuscated; basal half of 

 head, a large spot on each side of prothorax, and most of elytra, black or blackish. 

 Upper-surface glabrous, parts of under-surface sparsely clothed. 



Head with dense and sharply defined, but not very large punctures, a shallow 

 depression at each side of clypeal suture. Antennae passing middle coxae, first 

 joint stout, third almost twice as long as second, and about one-third longer than 

 fourth, the others to eighth gradually decreasing in length, ninth and tenth 

 slightly wider than eighth, and each shorter than eleventh. Prothorax slightly 

 longer than wide, each side of apex obtusely notched behind the eye, base and 

 sides narrowly margined ; punctures much as on head, except that they are not 

 quite as dense. Scutellum with distinct punctures. Elytra no wider than widest 

 part of prothorax; with rows of rather large punctures, becoming smaller pos- 

 teriorly ; interstices with sparse and small punctures. Prosternnm with dense 

 and rather small punctures, more or less transversely confluent, the flanks with 

 larger, round, non-confluent ones. Metasternum and abdomen with small punc- 

 tures, bccoiuiug larger on sides. Front femora ridged along middle, the ridge 



(2) Kuhnt, in Wytsman 's Genera Insectoriun, Fasc. 88. 



(3) L.c, pi. iv, fig. 7c. 



