396 Mr. A. M. Lea's Notes on 



considerably stouter antennse, elytral punctures different 

 and female with red abdomen ; from Id. cyanipcnnis, 

 Saund.,in its much smaller size, different elytral punctures 

 and in the antennas and scutellum ; from conjinis, n. sp., in 

 being smaller, in having shorter and stouter antennae, 

 with the second joint more (instead of less) than half the 

 length of third, and the fourth abdominal segment just 

 traceable (instead of distinct) across middle. 



Cryptocephalus quadratipennis, n. sp. 



$. Dark blackisli-brown. Pygidium and under-surface with 

 rather dense silvery pubescence. 



Head moderately densely and not very coarsely pnnctate, strigose 

 at sides of and behind eyes. Antennce long and thin, considerably 

 passing body, second joint less than half the length of third, third 

 distinctly shorter than fifth. Pruthorax not twice as wide as long ; 

 with large very irregularly distributed piinctures, smaller and 

 sparser on disc than elsewhere ; ajiex much narrower than base ; 

 margins very narrow ; front strongly gibbous ; oblique impressions 

 fairly deep. Saitcllnm subtriangular, apex rather narrow, base 

 ratlier feebly notched. Elytra short, subquadrate, subhumeral lobes 

 rather small, surface uneven ; with rather large punctures very 

 regular on posterior half. Apex of prusternum wide and very 

 obtusely bilobed. Abdomen with third and fourth segments 

 strongly curved and scarcely traceable in middle. 



Length 4.^ mm. 



9 . Differs in being more of a chocolate-brown, the head with 

 smaller punctures, antennae slightly shorter than the body and the 

 elytra rather less uneven ; abdomen with the third and fourth 

 segments not visible across middle, the third at sides as wide as 

 fourth but disappearing much before it ; fovea with lateral 

 extensions continuous almost to sides. 



Length 5| mm. 



Hah. Queensland : Tambourine (E. lllidge). 



A very distinct species having longer antennse and 

 shorter elytra than usual, and with the female abdomen 

 of a most unusual type. In the type male there is an 

 indistinct small pallid spot on each elytron about one- 

 third from the base and slightly nearer the suture than 

 the side ; these spots are absent on the females. Another 

 male (in Mr. lUidge's collection) has the entire elytra, 

 pygidium and abdomen of a testaceous red. In one of 

 the females the tarsi are paler than the tibiae, in the other 



