39fi Mr. G. Lewis on 



wliicli the clubs of the antennae rest are larger and more in 

 the keel, and are apparently the cause of the constriction in 

 it. When viewed sideways the partition in the keel between 

 the two cavities is so slight that light may be seen through it. 



Saprinodes falcifer^ sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexiuscnhis, fcncus, nitidus ; elj-tris dense strigoso-punc- 



tatis, speculo scutellari nitido rotundo ; tibiis anticis hamatis. 

 L. 3| mill. 



Oval, brassy, but little convex, punctured wholly above, 

 except five smooth disks on the thorax and two round disks 

 near the base of the elytra which touch the sutural striae ; the 

 frontal stria ceases at the antennae ; the elytral disks are 

 clearly defined, as in Saprinus specularis and S. gemmenus, the 

 thoracic disk in front of the scutellum is larger and occupies 

 the median area nearly to the neck, the four others are more 

 obscure, especially the intermediate ones ; the elytral punc- 

 tures are strigose at and near the apices, the first and second 

 stria; are short, basal, and just visible amongst the punctures ; 

 the sutural stria is clear and complete, commencing near the 

 scutellum at the elytral disk and continuing round the apex ; 

 the sutural interstices ai*e nearly smooth ; pygidium densely 

 punctured and convex on the disk before the apex; the proster- 

 nuni is on tlie same plane as the mesosternum for half its 

 length, and is then deflexed at a considerable angle ; the 

 lateral stria3 are complete, joining at botli ends, the keel is 

 constricted in the middle, where the stride nearly meet; ante- 

 riorly there is an outer and shorter stria ; the mesosternum is 

 cmarginate in front, with a marginal stria, and somewhat 

 coarsely punctured ; the metastcrnum is narrowly punctured 

 behind only, with a conspicuous, somewhat triangular, but 

 shallow depression, which occupies nearly the whole of its 

 median area ; the legs are rather long, the anterior tibife 

 narrow and falciform and without denticulations, but the end 

 of the tibia is produced beyond the insertion of the tarsi into 

 a very conspicuous hook, and the tibia itself is deeply grooved 

 for the reception of the tarsal joints. 



Ilah. liockhampton, Queensland. 



Teretriosoma viridicatum, sp. n. 



Cylindricum, a)neo-viridum, uitidum, punctatum ; mesosterno imniar- 



ginato ; pvgidio in medio arcuatim carinato. 

 L. 2h mill. ' 



(Cylindrical, brassy green, metallic ; head a little convex 



