276 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



PTINID^. 



553. — Ptinus albomacolatds. n. sp. 



Length Ij lines. 

 Oval, black, subnitid, punctate, and clothed with erect black 

 hairs. Antennje and legs variegated with white pubescence. 

 Elytra striato-punctate, the interstices flat and broad, with a round 

 spot near the humeral angles and a transverse one behind the 

 middle of a yellowish white colour. 



BOSTRYCHID^. 



554. — Rhizopertha elongatula. n. sp. 



Length 2 lines. 

 Elongate, black, subnitid, thinly punctate. Head with a round 

 fovea in the centre of the forehead, and with the antenna and palpi 

 of a piceous red. Thorax longer than the width, rough, toothed, 

 and somewhat retuse in front and smooth behind. Elytra three 

 times longer than the width, punctate, and deeply emarginate on 

 the external angle of the apex, with a smaller emargination at the 

 apex. Legs red. 



655. — Rhizopertha gtbbicollis. n. sp. 

 Length 1| lines. 

 Of a short oblong form, black, subnitid, and coarsely punctate. 

 Thorax broader than the length, very convex, very rough, 

 dentated in front, and smooth behind. Elytra piceous red on the 

 basal half, and flatly sloped away from near the middle to the 

 apex, the flat surface margined all round except near the suture 

 on the upper part. Under side of abdomen clothed with a fine 

 white pubescence. Legs and antennas piceous red. 



556. BOSTRYCHUS BISPINOSDS. n. sp. 



Length 1| lines. 

 Oblong, piceous black, subnitid, and punctate. Thorax not 

 longer than the width, rough in front and smooth behind. Elytra 



