T(.Miel)ri(ini(la\//v>wi Australia and Tasmania. 39 



and remotely })iibesc('nt, the pubescence composed of very 

 small stiii' greyish bristles ; head closely punctured, clypeus 

 separated from the front by a slightly arched, deeply impressed 

 groove ; ])rothorax a little broader than long, closely pnnc- 

 tured, widely emarginate at the a])ex, the sides slightly ronnded 

 and obsoletely crenated, the base truncate ; scutcUum small, 

 transverse ; elytra broader than the prothorax at the base, the 

 greatest breadth towards the a})ex, striatc-punctate, the punc- 

 tures approximate and deeply impressed ; body beneath and 

 femora ])itcliy brown, finely punctured, tibiae })aler; antennae 

 and tarsi ferruginous. Length o lines. 



Cestrinus inuictatissimus. 



C. elongatus, siibdepressus, rufo-fiiscus, opacus, subtiliter griseo- 

 puboscons ; elytris striatis, creberrime punctatis, lateribus paral- 

 Iclis. 



Hah. Tasmania. 



Elongate, subdepressed, reddish brown, opaque, with scat- 

 tered greyish bristles ; head and prothorax as in the last ; 

 scutellum curvilinearly triangular ; elytra broader than the 

 prothorax, the sides nearly parallel, striated, each of the stria? 

 filled with two or three rows of closely impressed irregular 

 punctures ; body beneath, legs, and antennae pale reddish 

 ferruginous, the former and femora punctured. Length 

 3 lines. 



The closely arranged punctures on the elytra, many of them 

 impinging on the lines between the strife, will readily distin- 

 guish this species from the former. 



Cestnnus j^osticus. 



C. elongatus, fuscus, subtiliter sparse griseo-pubescens ; elytris 

 striato-punctatis, apicem versus elevatis. 



Hah. Tasmania. 



Elongate, subdepressed, dark brown, with scattered greyish 

 bristles ; head and prothorax as in C. aversusj but narrower, 

 and the punctures smaller ; scutellum confounded with the 

 elytra; the latter gradually broader behind, and, towards the 

 apex, prominently raised at the suture, striato-punctate, the 

 punctures large, squarish, and regularly arranged; body 

 beneath pitchy, finely punctured ; legs and antennas paler. 

 Length 2J lines. 



I have only a single specimen of this insect ; but the pecu- 

 liar elevation of the elytra posteriorly seems to mark it out as 

 a good species. 



