ill Mr. A. M. Lea on 



Troyopus plagiatus, Pasc. Kuraiula. 



Nechyrus incomptus, Pasc. Illawarra. 



N. moUipes, Lea. Kurautla. 



Omdistus subf or meatus, Lea. Kuranda. 



Ex'iihius fumatus, Lea. Blue Mountains, Sydney. 



Buploperus Occident alls, Lea. Perth. 



Gygmis prodigus, Pasc. Kuranda. 



Phlceoglymma pallida, sp. n. 



Dark reddish brown, in places almost black ; antennre and 

 tarsi reddish. Densely clothed with white and with lawn- 

 coloTired scales. 



Head rather convex, with very dense concealed punctures ; 

 a shallow depression between eyes. Rostrum about the 

 length of prothorax, not very wide, sides lightly incurved to 

 middle ; piuicturcs concealed behind antennte, in front of 

 same numerous and rather small, but larger on sides than 

 along middle. Scape short, about the length of three 

 following joints combined, inserted one-third from base of 

 rostrum. Ih'othorax moderately transverse, base bisinnate 

 and about twice the width of apex, which is bifasciculate ; 

 Avith dense, round, concealed pvmctures. Elytra distinctly 

 wider than prothorax, base trisinuate, shoulders rounded, 

 sides parallel to apical fourth : with rows of large, more or 

 less concealed punctures ; third interstice subtui)crculate 

 near base. Femora stout, strongly dentate ; tibiiie angular 

 or deutate near outer base, the middle pair more noticeably 

 so than the others. * 



Length 6 mm. 



Hab. W, Australia : Perth. 



Intermediate in shape between alternans and dorsalis, but 

 with very different clothing to that of either ; the eyes also 

 are more pointed in front than in any previously described 

 species. This, in the table * of allied genera, would refer the 

 species to Chimades, but the mesosternal receptacle is not 

 elevated above the metasternum as in that genus, the femoral 

 dentition is stronger, and the tibire are different. Neverthe- 

 less, it may possibly be regarded as a link indicating that 

 Phlaoghjmma and Chimades should be united. The tibiae 

 are as described in Euoropis, but, as that genus was stated 

 to differ from Acalles only in its tibiae, whereas this species 



* Proc. Liun. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1909, p. 59. 



