collected in Australia and Tasmania. 369 
Hab. W. Australia— Roebuck Bay. 
One example. Hasily distinguishable from D. ellip- 
ticus by its subparallel shape, the shorter antennv, the 
less transverse thorax, its wider tibiz, and the still more 
minute punctuation of the upper surface. The elytral 
interstices are perfectly flat to about one-fourth from the 
apex and thence to the apex abruptly, moderately, con- 
vex; the striz are scarcely visible, except under a 
strong lens, though they are sharply defined on the 
apical declivity. 
CorTICEUS. 
Corticeus, Piller et Mitterpacher, Iter per Pos. Sclav., 
p- 87 (1783). 
Hypophleus, Fabricius, in Schneider’s Neu Mag. Ent., 
eh Boos 24 CZ O1),, 
Corticeus australis, n. sp. 
Moderately elongate, subcylindrical, shining, varying in colour 
from castaneous to black, the head always paler in front ; the 
antenne and legs testaceous or fusco-testaceous. Head closely, 
finely punctate; the eyes very large, oblique, coarsely granulated, 
separated by a space about equalling the width of one of the eyes 
as seen from above; antennz not nearly reaching the base of the 
prothorax, joints 5—11 stout, 5—10 very strongly transverse ; pro- 
thorax convex, not longer than broad, a little narrowed in front and 
behind, the hind angles distinct, the entire surface closely, finely 
punctate ; elytra about two and a fourth times longer than the pro- 
thorax, and a little less closely punctured than it. Length 2} mm. 
Hab. N.W. Australia—Adelaide River. 
This minute species is the first of the genus recorded 
from Australia. It has unusually large eyes, the inter- 
ocular space not wider than the diameter of one of the 
eyes as seen from above. Found under the bark of 
Hicus sp. Many specimens. 
PALORUS. 
Palorus, Mulsant, Col. Fr., Latigénes, p. 250 (1854). 
This cosmopolitan genus is not included in Masters’s 
Catalogue. Its species are sometimes found out of doors, 
under bark. Palorus is probably of Hastern origin. 
