Obs. — Thiy ypecies may have been imported here, althougli 

 M. Fauvel writes that it is probably cosmopolitan. 



Q. thoracicus, Fauvel, I., p. 103. 



A third smaller than rnJlcoUis, body impressed on each side, 

 slightly convex, antennae slender, dark brown about the top, 

 the last two joints yellow ; head minute, transversely orbicu- 

 late, base strongly constricted, breadth of the thorax greater 

 than its length in ruficoUis, less narrowed anteriorly, posterior 

 angles obtuse, scutellum and elytra rather finely and closely 

 punctate, slightly rugose, the punctures of the latter are the 

 larger; best distinguished by the slender abdomen, which is 

 acute, black all over, finely and rather densely punctate ; in 

 the male the seventh segments are somewhat alike. 



Length. — 5-^ mill. 



Localities — Sydney, Eockhampton, Adelaide, Swan Eiver. 



Q. ruficollis, Gravenhorst; Fauvel, I., p. 102. 



Convex, black, with a little rather long and black pubescence, 

 brilliant ; thorax, front of the hips, top of sixth segment and 

 whole of the seventh red ; apex of antennae and the tarsi 

 reddish ; the former slightly thickened, the joints slightly 

 decreasing, the penultimate subquadrate ; head large, shortly 

 orbiculate, marked by three punctures on each side (two on the 

 very margin of the eye), two others on each side of the base, 

 others minute behind the eyes ; thorax somewhat broader than 

 head, strongly transverse, sub semicircular, anterior angles 

 subobtuse, posterior strongly rounded, the third part of the 

 disc in front marked by two punctures close together ; scutel- 

 lum has a reddish tinge, elytra somewhat densely and finely 

 tinged with green ; in male the top of the seventh segment is 

 slighly incised subtriangularly. 



Length. — 7 mill. 



Localities. — Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania. Nuriootpa, Mr. 

 Tepper's collection. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF HETEEOTIIOPS. 



a. Elytra black, punctuation rugose and squamose. lucfuosa. 

 h. Elytra brown, punctuation not rugose. picipennis. 



H. luctuosa, Fauvel, I., p. 107. 

 Somewhat like H. hinotata, but a little larger, narrower both 

 anteriorly and posteriorly, black, the first joint of the antennae- 

 and the feet a dirty testaceous red, the tibiae and antennae^ 

 pitch brown ; black pubescence, abdomen slightly reddish - 

 antennae more slender and all the joints more elongated than 

 in the other species ; head oblong, much narrower and longer, 

 eyes half as large again, marked by three punctures on each 



