384 Mr. J. 8. Baly on 
Genus Drrroprpvus, EHrichs. 
Ditropidus carbonarius. 
Subquadratus, postice paullo attenuatus, niger, nitidus, 
antennarum basi, labro mandibulisque (his apice exceptis) 
fulvis, femoribus anticis, tibiis apice, tarsisque obscure 
piceis ; thorace tenuiter punctato; elytris tenuissime punc- 
tato-striatis, interstitiis planis, impunctatis, strus duabus 
ad latum subsulcatis, interstitiis lateralibus leviter con- 
vexls. 
Long. 2 lin. 
Hab.—Western Australia. 
Head finely but distantly punctured, nearly glabrous, 
only a few small white adpressed hairs being visible here 
and there on the surface; eyes distant, face impressed 
with a faint longitudinal lme; antenne slightly longer 
than the head and thorax, five outer joints moderately 
dilated, black, the remaining joints fulvous ; thorax twice 
as broad at the base as long, sides rounded and converg- 
ing from base to apex ; surface finely but not very closely 
punctured, the puncturing more crowded on the sides ; 
basal lobe distinctly notched, obsoletely reflexed; elytra 
broader at the base than the thorax, twice its length, 
sides shghtly narrowed from the shoulders backwards ; 
surface very finely punctate-striate, the imterspaces flat, 
impunctate; two outer striz subsulcate, their interspaces 
shghtly convex. 
Ditrepidus hirticollis. 
Subquadratus, postice paullo attenuatus, convexus, 
niger, pube adpresso albido vestitus, antennarum basi 
labroque rufo-piceis; abdomine corporeque supra (an- 
tennis apice exceptis) cupreus; thorace minute punctato, 
albo-hirsuto ; elytris distincte striato-punctatis, glabris, 
interstitis planis, apicem versus leviter convexiusculis, 
ad latera convexis, subcostatis. 
Long. 13 lin. 
Hab.—Western Australia. 
Upper half of head closely clothed with adpressed 
white hairs; lower half of face glabrous; five upper 
jomts of antenne moderately dilated; five basal joints 
