Australian and Tasmanian Malacodermidac. 241 



F. Prothorax as wide as 



elytra 

 FF. Pro thorax narrower 

 than elytra . 

 G. Pubescence dense 

 comparatively 

 loAg and al- 

 most pure 

 white 

 GG. Pubescence 

 sparser, 

 shorter, and 

 darker. 

 H. Prothoracicand 

 elytral punc- 

 tures very 

 small 

 HH, These punc- 

 tures small 

 but consider- 

 ably larger 

 than in corti- 

 carioides 



amplicollis, n. sp. 



helmsi, Blackb. 



corticarioides, n. sp. 



wihordi, n. sp. 



Dasytes fuscipennis, Hope, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1845, 

 p. 105. 



Dark reddish or piceous, brown, sometimes almost black ; append- 

 ages usually paler. Upjjer surface densely clothed with long 

 blackish hair or setae, denser and shorter on elytra than elsewhere, 

 tibiae densely setose, the rest of the legs and the under surface 

 rather sjiarsely pubescent. 



Head transverse, somewhat flattened ; with large shallow punc- 

 tures, moderately dense between eyes, absent elsewhere. Antennae 

 extending to scutellum ; 1st joint large, 2nd longer than 3rd, 4th- 

 8th small and globular, 9th-10th larger and globular ; 11th pyri- 

 form. Eyes large, rather coarsely faceted. Prothorax strongly trans- 

 verse, sides and base margined ; with large shallow punctures. 

 Scutellum strongly transverse ; with distinct punctures. Mytra not 

 much wider than prothorax, parallel- sided to near apex ; with close 

 set rows (often subgeminate in appearance) of rather small, but 

 distinct punctures. 



Length S^-U mm. 



TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1909. — PART I. (maY) R 



