314 D. SHARP 



one I have seen and was found by Duboulay in North-west 

 Australia. 



Oliilocliplixs. 



Antennae 9-jointed, third joint very short, fourth with a short 

 projection in front, the five apical joints very similar to one 

 another, and forming an elongate club. Maxillary palpi mode- 

 rately long, their 2. nd joint not so long as the 4. th . Mentum 

 elongate and slender, the labial palpi contiguous at their base 

 and quite exposed, their insertion being at the very extremity 

 of the narrow mentum. Labrum very large, and with a large, 

 exposed, punctured part in front. Hind legs short and thick, 

 their tarsi not very long. Ventral segments moderately short. 

 The facies approaches that of the Glaphyrides. 



Chilodiplus Albertisii n. sp. Colore variabilis, testaceus, plus mi- 

 nusve infuscatus, supra nudus, nitidus, subtus griseo-hirsutus; ca- 

 pile fortiter punclato, sed labri parte posteriore omnino laevi; 

 prothorace minore, anterius fortiter angustato, sparsim vage punc- 

 tato; scutello magno parte aperta fere laevi; elytris minus evidenter 

 seriato-punctatis , interstitiis vage punctatis, lateribus evidenter ti- 

 bialis; pygidio sat nitido, setis tenuibus, ereclis, paucis. Long. 12- 

 13 millim. 



In this species the skeleton is softer than in most of the La- 

 mellicorns. The thorax is quite shining, and has the sides yello- 

 wish, the middle part being infuscate to a variable extent. The 

 elytra are dehiscent, and are distinctly but not coarsely punc- 

 tured, the punctures being arranged in obscure abbreviated 

 series, the suturai one is however entire; they are rugose at the 

 apex, and are coarsely ciliated. 



This curious species was discovered at Somerset Cape York, 

 in Jan. 1875 by Signor L. M. D' Albertis after whom I have 

 named it. 



The three specimens I have examined are variable in colour; 

 the ground colour is yellowish, more or less suffused with 



