collected in Australia and Tasmania. 379 
thorax and elytra with numerous coarse, granular elevations, those 
on the elytra serially arranged, these elevations bearing long, erect, 
fine bristly hairs ; antenne and legs rufo-testaceous. Prothorax in 
the middle about as long as broad, the sides rounded and coarsely 
crenate, the anterior angles produced and prominent, the base 
rather deeply sinuate on either side of the broad median lobe, the 
hind angles obtuse, the broad anterior prolongation truncate in 
front (when viewed from above) and extending forwards nearly 
as far as the front of the head; elytra not wider than the prothorax, 
subparallel to beyond the middle, with the shoulders rounded, the 
granular elevations closely placed and forming about six irregular 
rows on each elytron; beneath, when denuded of scales, ferruginous, 
shining, the flanks of the prosternum and the middle of the meta- 
sternum with coarse, scattered granular elevations. Length 2 
mm. 
Hab. Tasmania—Launceston and Hobart. 
Two specimens, found under bark. The upper surface 
is so densely covered with adherent, earthy-looking scales 
that the granular elevations are alone visible, the rest of 
the sculpture being completely hidden. The hairs on the 
thorax and elytra are perfectly erect. 
‘TRIBOLIUM. 
Triboliwum, Macleay, Annulosa J av., 1825, p. 47. 
This cosmopolitan genus is not included in Masters’s 
Catalogue. 
Tribolium ferrugineum, 
Trogosita ferruginea, Fabr., Spec. Ins.,i., p. 324. 
Hab. Tasmania—Hobart. 
ALPHITOBIUS. 
Alphitobius, Stephens, Il. Brit. Ent., v., p. 11 (1882). 
Alphitobwus piceus. 
Helops piceus, Oliv. Hnt., iii., No. 58, p. 17, t. 2, 
figs. 13, a, b. 
Alphitobius piceus, Muls., Col. Fr., Latig., p. 237. 
Hab. N. W. Australia—Adelaide River. 
One specimen of this cosmopolitan insect has been sent 
by Mr. Walker to the British Museum. The species is 
not included in Masters’s Catalogue. 
