106 On the Tenebvionida? of Australia &c. 



Amarygmus variolaris. 



A. subanguste ovatus, aBrciis, subnitidus : elytris punctis distinctis- 

 sirais irrcgularitor dispcrsis. 



Hob. Queensland (Wide Bay, under the bark of trees). 



Rather narrowly ovate, yellowish brassy, not very glossy ; 

 head rather broad, finely and somewhat sparingly punctured ; 

 antenna? brownish chestnut, the third joint shorter than the 

 two next together ; prothorax strongly transverse, finely punc- 

 tured ; scutellum triangular ; elytra oblong, moderately con- 

 vex, the sides very gradually narrowing from the base, more 

 rapidly rounding towards the apex, with opaque, dark-greenish, 

 irregularly dispersed, and somewhat distant punctures ; body 

 beneath yellowish brassy, shining ; legs glossy brownish chest- 

 nut. Length 3| lines. 



One of the most distinct species of the genus, on account of 

 the peculiar sculpture of the elytra. Of the two specimens 

 which I received from Mr. Masters, one (the male?) has the 

 three basal joints of the anterior tarsi short and strongly di- 

 lated, — while in the other they are very slender and elongate ; 

 the antenna? are also almost linear, with the outer joints ob- 

 long : in the former the antenna? are imperfect, but they appear 

 to be stouter. 



EUEYPERA. 



(Subfamily Amamygmin.s.) 



Caput ad oculos retractum. 

 Oculi supra hand approximati. 

 Tarsi subtiis pilosi. 



Except that the body is shorter and more convex, the rest 

 of the character is as in Amarygmus. The terminal joint of 

 the labial palpi is so large as nearly to cover the labium ; but 

 this is only a modification of the Amarygmus-Qh^rdiC.i&x. 



Eur y per a euprea. 



E. cnpreo-metallica, uitida ; antenuis, pedibus, corpora iufra, nigris, 

 glabris. 



Hah. Queensland (Port Denison). 



Reddish copper, shining ; head finely and rather sparingly 

 punctured ; upper lip black, connected with the clypeus by a 

 bright orange membrane ; prothorax very transverse, gradually 

 broader and rounded at the sides, the apex moderately emar- 

 ginate, the disk covered Avith fine distant punctures ; scutellum 

 triangular ; elytra not broader than the prothorax at tlie base, 

 strongly rounded at the sides, finely sulcate, the sulci black. 



