25 

 CLERID.E. 



ELASMOCERUS. 



E. picticollis, sp. nov, Mas. Elongatus, sat parallelus ; pube 



subtili erecta vestitus ; niger vix senescens, pronoti margine 



antico (parte mediaria excepta) basique elytrorum marginis 



lateralis parte dimidia antica et abdomine rufo-testaceis ; 



capite confertim rugulose, pronoto paulio minus crebre, 



elytris etiam minus crebre nee rugulose, minus subtiliter 



punctulatis ; antennarum articulo apicali laminiformi quam 



ceteri conjuncti triple longiori ; prothorace subcylindrico 



quam latior sat longiori. Long., 3|- 1.; lat,, 1 1. 



This genus has not been previously reported as Australian. It 



was founded on some American species with which African ones 



have since been associated. The antennae of the male are very 



remarkable, and probably mimic those of some other insects on 



which Elastnocerns is parasitic, — perhaps Longicorns with ilabel- 



lated antennae. 



Victoria. 



TENEBRIONIU.^. 



CHALCOPTERUS. 



C. crihratus, sp. nov. Late subovalis, sat brevis ; minus nitidus ; 

 niger, elytris olivaceo-aeneis ; capite aequaliter crebre subtilius 

 punctulato, oculorum interspatio quam antennarum articuli 

 basalis longitudo vix latiori ; sulcis ocularibus nullis ; anten- 

 nis quam corporis dimidium parum brevioribus, modice 

 robustis, apicem versus perspicue incrassatis, articulo 3° 

 quam 1"^^ 2"^* que conjuncti manifeste longiori quam 4""^ S''* 

 que conjuncti manifeste breviori ; prothorace quam longior 

 duplo (postice quam antice ut 5 ad 3) latiori, requaliter 

 crebre subtilius (quam caput paulio magis leviter) punctulato, 

 antice leviter emarginato, a basi antrorsum (superne viso) 

 arcuatim angustato, basi media perspicue minus late lobato, 

 angulis anticis obtusis (sed bene detinitis) posticis (superne 

 visis) leviter obtusis (fere rectis) ; elytris nullo modo striatis, 

 suba?qualiter (apicem versus magis confertim) fere ut pro- 

 thorax sed multo magis profunde punctulatis et puncturis 

 manifeste majoribus seriatim instructis ; prosterno medio 

 leviter obtuse carinato ; corpore subtus crebre leviter punc- 

 tulato ; femoribus anticis sparsim subtiliter punctulatis ; 

 tarsis nigro-setosis, posticorum articulo basali quam ceteri 

 conjuncti vix breviori. Long., 5 1.; lat., 3 1. 

 In my tabulation of the genus Chcdcojyterus (P.L.S., N.S.W.j 



1893, pp. 56, &c.) this species falls beside C. rugosipennis, Macl.? 



from which it is extremely distinct inter alia both in coloring 



and shape. Macleay's insect is "elongate-ovate" with elytra 



