306 



The prothorax is nearly half again as wide as long and is 

 nearly evenly and rather strongly rounded laterally, but is at its 

 widest slightly behind the middle ; its lateral edges are linely but 

 not very closely crenulate. 



S. Australia ; Basin of Lake Eyre. 



PYLUS. 



P. pygmccus, sp. nov. Testaceo-brunneus, elytris piceo-notatis ; 

 sparsim breviter pilosus ; capite prothoraceque sat crasse nee 

 crebre punctulatis ; hoc vix transverso, medio longitudin- 

 aliter late nee profunde concavo, lateribus pone medium 

 leviter rotundatim dilatatis ; elytris striato-punctulatis prope 

 apicem sculptura obsoletescenti. Long., 1|^ 1. ; lat., f 1. 

 The piceous markings on the elytra are not very clearly 

 defined. They consist of a fascia slightly in front of the middle 

 which is tolerably wide close to the lateral margin and narrows 

 towards (but scarcely reaches) the suture, and another somewhat 

 similar but much wider fascia slightly behind the middle and ex- 

 tending nearly to the apex ; this hinder fascia is less narrowed 

 than the anterior one towards the suture. 



The coarsely-granulated eyes, laterally margined prothorax, 

 and antennal and tarsal structure associate this very small Clerid 

 with Pylus fatuus, Newm. 



S. Australia ; near Port Lincoln, in stems of Xanthorrhaea. 



LYMEXYLONID.E. 



ATRACTOCERUS. 



A. Victor iensis, sp. nov. Ater ; nitidus (capite elytrisque ex- 

 ceptis) ; capite creberrime ruguloso ; prothorace quam latiori 

 vix longiori, canaliculato, subquadrato, retrorsum leviter 

 angustato, crebre sat fortiter punctulato ; elytris crebre 

 subtiliter aspere punctulato ; abdomine supra a basi retror- 

 sum gradatim minus perspicue punctulato, subtus fere la^vi. 

 Long., 811. 

 The previously-described Australian species of this genus 

 {A. Kreuslerce, Pasc.) is a much larger insect (long., 12 1.), and is 

 of a ferruginous colour ; as the specific characters mentioned in 

 the description are almost limited to colour, it is not possible 

 (without seeing the type) to distinguish this species from it other- 

 wise than by saying that it is much smaller and entirely black. 

 . Victoria ; in the collection of C. French, Esq. 



PTINID.E. 



ANOBIUM. 



A. panicetcm, Lin. I do not think this species has been hitherto 

 recorded as Australian ; it is, however, common and widely dis- 

 tributed, no doubt introduced. 



