376 Mr. G. C. Champion on the Tenebrionidex 
short, slender, 3 nearly twice as long as 2, slender, 4 almost as 
broad as long, 5—11 perfoliate, very strongly transverse, widening 
outwardly, 5 twice as broad as 4, 11 abruptly rounded at the tip ; 
prothorax strongly transverse, with broad median lobe at the base, 
the base deeply sinuate on either side; scutellum strongly trans- 
verse ; elytra closely embracing the base of the prothorax, and at 
the sides forming almost a continuous outhne with it ; prosternum 
strongly horizontally produced, widened behind the coxe, and 
deeply excavate beneath for the reception of the mesosternum, the 
latter convexly raised in the middle in front, and obliquely grooved 
on either side; epipleure extending to the apex of the elytra, 
moderately wide in their basal third, narrower beyond ; middle coxal 
cavities widely open externally, the trochantin large and prominent; 
hind cox transverse, narrowly separated, the intercoxal process 
narrow, triangular; tibis slightly widened and compressed, obliquely 
truncate at the apex, subequal, the spurs short ; tarsi slender, thickly 
clothed with short silky hairs beneath, the anterior pair feebly 
dilated in the male, the first joint of the hind pair a little longer 
than the following two joints united; body convex, elliptic, 
winged. 
This genus is proposed for a single species from 
Tasmania. Hnnebeopsis has entirely the facies and sculp- 
ture of Hnnebeus, Wat., but differs from it in the per- 
foliate, strongly transverse outer joints of the antenne. 
The prosternum is similarly shaped in both. Hnnebwopsis 
connects Hnnebeus with the more typical genera of 
Diaperine. 
Ennebeeopsis pruinosus, sp.n. (Plate VIL, figs. 3, 3a.) 
Pitchy-black, shining, the entire upper surface very densely, 
exceedingly minutely punctate, clothed with fine pruinose pubes- 
cence; antenne and legs rufo-testaceous. Prothorax strongly 
transverse, the base deeply sinuate on either side of the median 
lobe, and with distinct fovez, the sides converging from the base ; 
elytra more than three times as long as the prothorax, with in- 
distinct rows of coarser punctures on the disc ; beneath varying in 
colour from piceous to testaceous, very densely, minutely punctate, 
finely pubescent ; fifth ventral segment triangularly emarginate at 
the apex, and the anterior tarsi feebly dilated, in the male. Length 
3—3} mm. (¢ .) 
Hab. Tasmania—Hobart. 
Feur examples; found under the loose bark of a 
Hucalyptus stump. 
