Lea — On Australian Coleoptera 281. 



coarse crowded punctures at sides. I'asal segment of ahdotncii with fairly dense, 

 sharply defined punctures, the other segments each with a distinct Ijasal row. 

 Length. 1 -5 — 1 v.- nun. 



//(//'. Queensland: Cairns ( Macleay Museum and E. Allen). Type, 

 L 10704. 



.\ small subglobular species, in size and shape close to Aspidiphorus humer- 

 alis. hut body uniformly pale, and elytral punctures comparatively coarse. There 

 are many smaller specimens ( 1 '0.^ — 1 '2? mm. ) before me, but I can find no 

 other structural differences between them and the larger ones. 



ASPIDIPHORUS HOWENSIS sp. nov. 



RIack. with a slight bronzy gloss; muzzle and tip of abdiimen obscurely 

 diluted with red. legs and antennae reddish, cluij lightly infuscated. Moderately 

 clothed with depressed, ashen pubescence. Length, 1 -.i — 1 6 mm. 



//(;/'. Lord Howe I.sland (A. M. Lea). Type. I. 10705. 



The structure is as described in the ]jreceding species, except that the 

 metasternum is rather less convex, and has a few punctures in the middle; but 

 the colour and clothing are different. 



ASPIDIPHORUS SPISSUS sp. nov. 



Black, shining ; muzzle and abdomen obscurely diluted with red. legs some- 

 what paler. With sparse, ashen pubescence, and with a few scattered hairs. 



[frad shining in middle, and then with fine longitudinal striae near eyes. 

 Prothovax more than thrice as wide as long, sides strongly diminishing in width 

 from base to apex ; with fairly dense and rather small, but sharply defined 

 punctures. lUytra with sides moderately and apex strongly rounded; punctures 

 denser and somewhat coarser than on prothorax. Under-snrface with dense 

 and rather coarse punctures. Four apical segments of abdomen transversely 

 impressed at l)ase from side to side. Length. 1 '23 mm. 



Hah. Sduth Australia: Port Lincoln (No. 276 of Blackburn's collection). 

 Type (unique), I. 10706. 



The antennae of the type are missing, but as the species is a distinct one it 

 has been described ; it may be readily distinguished from all previously known 

 species by the fairly large non-seriate punctures of elytra. 



Following is a table of the species : 



A. Elytral punctures not in regular series ... ... spissus 



A A. Elytral punctures in geminate series ... ... ... globosiis 



AAA. Elytral punctures in single series 



