the Coleopterous Famili/ Erott/iicke. (23) 399 

 Thallis compta. 



Thallis compta, Eric. Arch. f. Nat. viii. 238. 



Tasmania, Adelaide, Sydney, Madagascar (?) 



Abdomen pubescent, sides sparingly and deeply punctate ; 

 coxal line very short and slight ; metasternum black, sides deeply, 

 disc lightly punctured, canaliculate, apex depressed, prosternum 

 very coarsely punctate, process convex, rounded. 



Thallis vinula. 



Thallis vinula, Eric. Arch. f. Nat. viii. 238. 



Tasmania, Melbourne. 



Elytra with a scutellar atria ; abdomen sparingly, sides deeply, 

 punctate ; coxal line visible ; metasternum with the sides deeply 

 puuctate; prosternum deeply punctate, the iatercoxal procesa 

 quadrate, truncate. 



Thallis janthina. 



Thallis janthina, Eric. Arch. f. Nat. vili. 238. 



Tasmania, Sydney, Rockhampton. 



Eyes less coarsely granulated, above very sparingly clothed 

 with extremely fine hair-like setse ; these exist also in 2\ compta, 

 but are scarcely perceptible. 



Thallis nig-rosenea, sp, n» 



Oblonga, nigro-fenea, alutacea, nitida, brevissime setulosa ; 

 capite thoraceque parce punctulatis, hoc lateribus marginatis, rectis, 

 basi uti-inque sinuato ; el3rtris seriatim punctatis, interstitiis 

 punctulatis ; abdomine subtus pubescente, alutaceo, parce punc- 

 tulato ; linea coxali distincta ; metasterno parce punctulato, 

 canaliculato, antice truncate ; prosterno Isevi, processu rotundato. 

 L. 2ilin. 



N. Caledonia. 



Eyes coarsely granulated ; antennse with the 3rd joint sub- 

 elongate. 



Thallis (?) bifasciata, sp. n * 



Nigra, fortiter punctata, brevissime setulosa ; thorace qnadrato, 

 angulis auticis deflexis ; scutello parce punctulato ; elytris punc- 

 tato-striatis, interstitiis parce uniseriatim punctulatis, rufis, ma- 

 cula quadrata scutellari, fascia media, alteraque apiculi nigria 

 (apice ipso rufo). L. 2 lin. 



Rockhampton (Janson). 



Abdomen finely punctate, coxal line evident, metasternum 

 finely (sides coarsely) punctate, sulcate behind ; mesosternum de- 

 pi-essed ; prosternum with the process narrow, parallel, margined. 



