LISPINUS. 



L. sulcipeimis, sp. nov. Subnitidus ; piceo-niger, pedibus et 

 abdominis apice rufis, nonnullorum exemploriim abdominis 

 segmentis postice angustissime testaceo-marginatis ; 

 capite minus crebre punctulato, antice longi- 

 tudinaliter 2 - impresso ; antennis sat brevibus, arti- 

 culo apicali quam pr^ecedens maniieste minus lato ; 

 prothorace leviter transverso, fere ut caput sed minus 

 crebre (parte mediana longitudinali anguste Isevi) punc- 

 tulato, utrinque sulco sat elongato (hoc externe prothoracis 

 margine cariniformi valde incrassato contento) impresso, 

 lateribus leviter sinuatis, angulis posticis sat acutis ; elytris 

 quam prothorax parum latioribus sat longioribus multo 

 minus fortiter multo minus crebre punctulatis, stria sub- 

 suturali alteraqua (hac mox ante humerum sita) integris 

 profunde impressis ; abdomine insequaliter (a basi ad apicem 

 gradatim minus crebre minus fortiter) punctulato et longi- 

 tudinaliter strigato, segmentis punctis singulis magnis 

 utrinque impressis. Long., 4J 1.; lat., J 1. 

 Readily distinguishable from the other known Australian 

 Lispinus by the sulciform stria which is placed close to the 

 beginning of the lateral declivity on each elytron. A species 

 from New Caledonia seems to agree with it in this respect 

 (except that in the latter the stria is described as "fine") — 

 though in other respects very dififerent. The sculpture of the 

 abdomen becomes finer and more sparse conspicuously from base 

 to apex of each segment and also slightly from base to apex of 

 the whole abdomen. In some examples each segment is narrowly 

 and conspicuously edged with testaceous behind, and in others, 

 there is no trace of that coloring. The difi'erence is not caused 

 by the greater or less display of a connecting membrane. 



N. Queensland (collected by the late Mr. Cowley, of Cairns). 



[HOMALIIDES.] 



HOMALIUM. 



H. tasmanicum, sp. nov. Sat latum ; parallelum ; sat depressum ;, 

 rufo-ferrugineum, antennis apicem versus elytris postice 

 abdominisque disco infuscatis ; capite fortiter transverso, 

 sparsius fortius punctulato, in clypeo utrinque impresso, 

 ante ocellos profunde anguste longitudinaliter sulcato, ad 

 basin sat truncato ; oculis modicis, in capitis parte antica 

 sitis ; antennis modicis, articulis basali sat elongato 2^ parvo 

 3° quam hie sat longiori 4^ 5° que quam 2''* paullo minoribus 

 submoniliformibus 6° — 11° fere nigris (6° — 10° trans versis, 

 6° quam T*"' minori, 7° — 10° inter se sat j:equalibus, 11° quam 

 I'O*^* sat longiori) ; prothorace quam longiori fere duplo 



