320 Mr. Bates en new sjyecies of 



The species must be closely allied to the Harpalas margini- 

 collis, of Castelnau, from Melbourne, but he gives only three 

 lines as the size. 



Hypliarpax puncticauda. 



Oblongus, fusco-cupreus ; antennis basi, palpis, tibiis et tarsis 

 piceo-rufis, tibiis apice obscurioribiis : thorace transverso, angulis 

 obtusis fere rotundatis, lateribus leniter arcuatis, fovea basali 

 iitriuf[ue oblongo, subfortiter impressa : elytris apice oJDtusis, 

 ante apiceni sinuatis, striatis, interstitiis usque ad apicem planis, 

 tertii puncto supra declivitatem posteriorem sito.- $ Femora 

 postica incrassata subtus liaud deutata, tibiis flexuosis. Long. 

 8 mm. 



Allied to //. cereus (Dej.), but larger. Apparently also very 

 near H. NovoeJwllandifc (Castl.), which is described as having 

 the " tibiffi very strongly arched," but the author does not 

 describe the form of the femora. lie says the species is common 

 near Melbourne, and a Melbourne Hypharpax common in collec- 

 tions has the femora distinctly dentate beneath. The tibia; in 

 that species would be correctly described as " strongly arched " ; 

 but in //. puncticauda they are not arched, but flexuous, 

 especially towards the apex. The colour of the present species 

 is dull coppery, often with an aeneous tinge. With regard to 

 surface polish there appear to be tAvo forms of $ , in one of 

 which the elytra are sericeous opaque (as usual in $ Ilarpali), 

 and in the other more shining. The thorax is about equal in 

 width at base and extremity, although the gentle arcuation of 

 the sides seems to narrow the hind a-httle more than the fore 

 iiart. There is a very short scutellar striole. The situation of 

 the elytral puncture near the apex is not an uncommon chai-acter 

 in Hypharpax. 



South or Central Tasmania (Simson). 



THENAROTES, n. gen. 



(Sub-Fam. Anisodactylin^e.) 



Gen. AcupaJpiis et BradyceUus forma et coloribus sirailis ; at 

 tarsorum 4 anteriorum plantis 2-4 a?qnaliter, dense squami- 

 pilosis ut in Anisodactylo. Corpus elougatum subdepressum. 

 Capite antice obtusum, sulcis fi-ontalibus extus ad oculum cur- 

 vatis. Palpi acuminati. Menti sinus medio dentatus. $ Tarsi 

 fintici articulo prirao lineari, vix dilatato, subtus nudo, 2-4 



