76 AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTP^RA : NOTES AND NEW SPECIES. ii. 



on basal poition, sides widening' behind tlie rounded shoulJci'S, then siiiuately 

 narrowed at middle, apex of eacdi elytron dentate; lateral margins naiTow and 

 occupied by a row of large punctures; disc coarsely, rather closely punctate- 

 rugose in places, with an uneven surface resulting from (1) raised areas, (2) 

 depi'essions, the formei- consisting of three abbreviated costae on each 'elytron,, 

 the fli-st near suture extending from base to less than half way, the second half 

 as long as the fii-st, intea-mediate between the first and the humeral callus, the 

 third (rather a longitudinal hump than a costa) half way between suture and 

 side, extending from the middle for about 6 mm. backwards, the suture also 

 compressed and raised near scutelliun and the humeral callus ■ vei-y prominent. 

 All raised areas nearly smooth and paler in colour than the rest. The depres- 

 sions, chiefly three on each elytron, as follow : — the first basal, between the suture 

 and the first costa, the second medio-lateral, the third pre-apical; the rugose 

 spaces chiefly near sides, the general punctures sub-obsolete near apex. Suhmen- 

 tiim and prosterniun closely, meso- and meta-sternum spai'sely, epipleurae very 

 coareely pimetate; abdomen fiiwly punctate and rather thickly clothed with ad- 

 pressed golden hairs. Frofemora caiinate on inside, the carina terminating in a 

 fine compressed tooth on apical third, front basal tarsi enlarged. Dimensions: 

 25 X 11 ram. 



/fa6.— iKuranda, N. Q'laud (H. P. Dodd). 



Two males under examination are near allies to P. browni Cart., but differ 

 in the following details inter alia: (1) more convex form, (2) eoareer sculpture 

 and the presence of elj'ti-al costae, (3) pilose surface and absence of metallic 

 lustre, (4) more widely set eyes. Type in Coll. Carter. 



Cardiothora.v pithecius Pase. Mr. R. Illidge has lately called my attention 

 to the distinction of this species from C. errans Pasc, which I have stated to 

 be synonymous. He' has further supplied me with material that I consider bears 

 out the details given by Pascoe as to this distinction. The following comparison 

 shows the differences : — 



C. errans Pasc. C. pithecius Pasc. 



Colour. Nitid coal-black. Elytra sub-nitid coppery brown blacR. 



Prothorax. Widest neai- middle, Widest before middle, narrower than 



wider than elytra, latero-dorsal groove elytra, latero-dorsal groove obsolete, 



distinct. 



The prouotum of errans is more convex and wider than that of pithecius, 

 the foliation of the latter being nan-ow and horizontal, without any sign of .'i 

 se}iarating sulcus, as seen in some examples of errans. I have four examples of 

 pithecius from Pine Mountain, Wide Bay and Brisbane, while 15 examples of 

 errans are before me from Brisbane and Acacia Creek (within the N.S. Wales 

 border, 7 miles from Killarney, Q'land). 



Cardiothorax australis. I have confused two species under this name. Be- 

 fore me are two examples of a Cardiothorax from the Victorian Alps that is 

 clearly distinct from a/ii.^tralis — the types of which came from the Kosciusko dis- 

 trict, N.S. Wales— tliat is described below. C. auslralis is figured in Text-fig. 11. 



Cardiothorax victoriae, n.sp. (Text-fig. 12.) 



Elongate ovate, nitid dark bronze, antennae stouter, the joints longer than 

 in C. australis. 



Prothorax more widely rounded at sides, the greatest width farther fonvard, 

 the anterior angles wider, the posterior tooth outwardly directed, finer and 



