some Aufitntlian MalacodiTiuiihe. 



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to tcntli joints more or less acutely serrated. Prulhorax 

 about oiu-e and oiu'-tliird as wide as louj^^, apex slightly 

 produced in middle. Ijase widely rounded, punctures in- 

 distinct. Elijtra slightly wider than prothorax, sides and 

 suture (except on basal tourth) tliiekened ; with dense and 

 fairly large j)unetures, smaller about base and aj)ex than 

 elsewhere. Legs long ; front trocdiauters subtriangnlarly 

 ])rodufi(l ; front femora semieireularly notched near apex, 

 friMit tibia) rather strongly curved at base, and but little 

 more than half the length of hind [)air ; second and third 

 joints of tarsi very short. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hub. New South Wales: Sydney, National Park. 



In general appearance fairly close to dlspar and violacetts, 

 but front legs, antennie, and punctures very ditl'erent. Thu 

 front legs are somewhat as in pu/c/icrriinus and dentipes, but 

 the elytra are very ditl'erently coloured. lu my taljle of the 

 genus * it would be associated with inirab'dis, whose elytra 

 are pale at the base as well as at the apex. Scarcely more 

 than the thickened apical margins are pale. 



Hijpattalus australis, Fairm. Sydney. 



H. abduiniuuiis, Er., var. brevicornls, Lea. Blackheath. 



H. collaris, Lea. Sydney. 



Laius nodicornis, Blackb. 



Mr. Bryant has sent two specimens (sexes) from Baan Baa 

 (New South Wales) that appear to reprej^ent a variety of 

 this species. They differ from the typical forms in being 

 slightly larger, rather hairier, the markings more pur[)lish, 

 the Iroiit tibi;e black on their basal external edge, and the 

 prothorax with an irregular dark triangle extending from 

 the base to near the midiile. 



Laius conicicornis, Blackb. Baan Baa. 



L. cinctus, Kedt. Sydney, Blue Mountains. 



L. hellulus, Guer. Largs Bay, Blue Mountains. 



Helcogaster maculiceps, Lea. 



;Mr. Bryant has a male of this species with a small black 

 longitmlinal spot on the prothorax. 

 Ihdj. Sydney, Ryde, lUawarra. 



* Trans. Kiit. fsoc. I-diulon. VM)^, )>p. i<5n 17". 



