Australian and Tasmanian Malacodcrmidae. 153 



/. Second joint of an- 

 tennae pallid. 

 fj. Head smooth and 

 impunctate or al- 

 most so ... . 

 gg. Head more or less 

 coarsely punc- 

 tate. 

 h. Upper edge of 2nd 

 joint of anten- 

 nae in male 

 rounded . . . 

 hh. Upper edge dis- 

 tinctly bi- 

 lobed . . 

 ff Second joint of an- 

 tennae^more or less 

 dark. 

 i. Front tibiae and 

 tarsi pallid . . . 



n. These almost en- 

 tirely dark . . 



CCC. Prothorax entirely pallid. 

 D. Prothorax scarcely transverse '. 

 DD. Prothorax strongly transverse. 



E. Dark apical markings densely 



and regularly punctate.* 

 j. Antennae much shorter than 



usual 



jj. Antennae longer than usual . 

 EE. Dark apical markings irregu- 

 larly or not at all punctate. 



F. Apex of elytra dark. 



k. Size very small 



kk. Size medium 



FF. Apex of elytra pallid. 



G. Dark subapical markings not 

 continuous across suture.f 



planiceps, Lea. 



villosus, Lea. 



conicicornis, Blackb. 

 rugiceps, Lea. 



nodicomis, Blackb. 

 nidicola, Lea. 

 intermeditis, Lea. 

 orcicornis, Lea. 



sinus, Lea. 



tarsalis, n. sp. 

 major, Blackb. 



egenus, Lea. 

 cinctus, Eedt. 



* Verticalis, MacL, should be included here, but as I do not know 

 the male I have not included it. 



t Eyrensis, Blackb., should be included here, but as I do not know 

 the male I have not included it. 



