collected in Australia and Tasmania. 391 
Menephilus ruficornis, n. sp. 
3. Moderately elongate, convex, shining, piceous or obscure 
castaneous, the head more or less ferruginous in front, the elytra 
violaceous, zneous with a violaceous lustre, or eneous; the antennez 
rufo-testaceous ; the under surface pitchy-brown or castaneous ; 
the legs piceous with the knees and tarsi castaneous, or entirely 
castaneous. Head short, somewhat deeply sunk into the prothorax, 
coarsely, closely punctured between and behind the eyes, the 
punctures oblong in shape, the anterior portion much more finely 
punctate, the epistoma limited at the sides and behind by a rather 
deep groove ; the eyes moderately large and prominent, coarsely 
faceted, the orbits impinging on them in front; antennz moderately 
stout, thickening outwardly, scarcely reaching the base of the 
prothorax, joint 6 wider than 5, 7—11 perfoliate, much wider than 6, 
8—10 strongly transverse, 11 twice as long as 10, bluntly rounded at 
the tip ; prothorax convex, broader than long, very little wider at 
the base than at the apex, the sides sinuate behind and rounded 
anteriorly, the base strongly bisinuate, the hind angles rectangular, 
the anterior angles obtuse and declivous, the surface coarsely, closely 
punctured, the apex smoother ; scutellum subtriangular, about as- 
long as broad, faintly punctured ; elytra about three times as long 
as, and considerably wider than, the prothorax, subparallel in their 
basal half, with rows of coarse subapproximate punctures placed 
upon rather shallow striz, the punctures becoming finer towards 
the suture and coarser towards the sides, the interstices feebly 
convex, sparsely, very distinctly punctate ; beneath shining, the 
flanks of the prothorax with coarse, scattered punctures, the ventral 
segments rather coarsely and moderately closely, the metasternum 
very sparsely and finely, punctate; prosternum slightly declivous 
and strongly produced behind the anterior coxze, grooved on either 
side, the apex raised; epipleure extending as far as the last 
ventral suture, rather broad; tibize slightly curved, pubescent on the 
inner side towards the tip, the two hinder pairs feebly sinuous 
within, the anterior pair with their outer apical angles obtuse. 
Length 7—73, breadth 23 mm. 
Hab. Tasmania—Hobart and George’s Bay. 
Three examples, apparently all males. Allied to M. 
corvinus, Hr., and M. cxrulescens, Haag, but much 
smaller than either of these species, with the head, thorax, 
and under-surface much more coarsely punctured, the 
frontal suture deeper, etc. The elytra vary in colour 
from violaceous to eneous. Found under bark (Walker). 
