•404 Mr. A. M. Lea's Notes on 



and abdomen as in the preceding species, except that the punctures 

 are smaller, and on the elytra are geminate in arrangement almost to 

 the base. Scutelhim transverse, apex half the width of base, base 

 very feebly notched. Apex of prosternum rounded and entire. 

 Length 3| mm. 



Rah. S. Australia (Macleay Museum). 



I have referred this species to Cry2Jtoce2')hahis, although 

 the apex of the prosternum is produced and rounded, as 

 it is undoubtedly very close to the preceding species (in 

 which the apex is feebly bilobedj. In fact, in general 

 appearance (except as to its much smaller size and in the 

 shape of the scutellum) it can scarcely be distinguished 

 from that species, 



Cryptocephalus larinus, n. sp. 



9 . Rather wide, elliptic-oblong. Testaceous ; junction of pro- 

 thorax with scutellum and elytra, metasternum and tips of claws 

 black, punctures of upper surface deeply stained — those of the elytra 

 with brown, those of the prothorax with black. 



Head rather densely and moderately coarsely j^unctate, the 

 punctures more or less confluent and substrigose at base ; with a 

 distinct median feebly punctate impression. Antennte passing body, 

 second joint one-third the length of third, third very little longer 

 than fourth and distinctly shorter than fifth, eleventh scarcely if 

 at all longer than tenth. Prothorax rather more than twice as wide as 

 long ; with moderately dense and rather small irregularly distributed 

 punctures and with minute scattered punctures ; oblique impres- 

 sions scarcely traceable ; margins very narrow and entire. Scutellum 

 strongly transverse, not much wider at base than at apex, base 

 notched. Elytra with small subhumeral lobes, densely and 

 moderately coarsely punctate, punctures posteriorly becoming 

 smaller and regular with feebly convex interstices, basal half with 

 transverse rugulosities. Apex of prosternum wide and very feebly 

 bilobed. Abdomen with fourth segment distinct in middle ; fovea 

 with feeble lateral extensions. 

 Length 65 — 8 mm. 



Hah. Queensland : Brisbane ; N. S. Wales : Hunter 

 River (Macleay Museum), Inverell {J. H. Hose), Armidale 

 (A. M. Lea). 



In one specimen the whole of the metasternum is black, 

 in another it is black except in middle, in two others the 

 abdominal segments are more or less stained with black. 



