329 



the two subfoveate impressions are scarcely traceable. Elytra 

 with numerous, more or less regular rows, of rather large, deep 

 punctures. Fourth segment of ahdomen almost as long as 

 second and third combined, and with a conspicuous double 

 ridge along the middle ; fifth segment very short in middle and 

 feebly concave there. Hind tibiae feebly increasing in width 

 from base to apex, and angulate at outer apex. Length, 

 2-^-2 1 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Coen River (H. Hacker's No. 265). 

 Type, I. 3615. 



The two specimens before me differ solely in colour, one 

 having a bluish, the other a greenish appearance ; on each 

 elytron there are three brassy spots, one near the base, a second 

 before the middle near the suture, and the third (little more 

 than a streak) about summit of apical slope. The elytral 

 punctures are larger than on j)unrtato-striata, and almost as 

 regular, but the striae are so feebly impressed (except on the 

 apical slope, where they are strong) that they might fairly be 

 regarded as almost absent ; from some directions two or three 

 of the interstices are rather more distinct than their fellows, 

 but they are nowhere conspicuously elevated above them. The 

 laasal joint of each of the four front tarsi is not strongly 

 inflated, being, in fact, scarcely larger than those of the hind 

 ones ; the hind tibiae are also without conspicuously masculine 

 features, but the abdomen is so peculiar that the specimens 

 would certainly appear to be males. 



Trypocolaspis multiseriata, n. sp. 



cf . Brassy ; under-surface dark brown, labrum and 

 appendages more or less reddish. 



Head with dense, subreticulate punctures of moderate 

 3ize, with a vague median line, a small impunctate space near 

 each antenna. Antennae slightly shorter, but otherwise much 

 as on hiimpj'essa. Prothorax considerably wider at base than 

 at apex, the front angles much lower than the middle, sides 

 strongly rounded ; in middle with rather dense punctures of 

 rather small size, becoming more crowded and somewhat larger 

 towards sides, interspaces with minute punctures. Elytra 

 suboblong ; with numerous regular rows of rather large punc- 

 tures, smaller towards suture, and larger behind shoulders 

 than elsewhere ; striae feebly impressed even on apical slope 

 (except close to suture). Fourth segment of ahdnme)! distinctly 

 longer than the adjacent ones, fifth shallowly depressed for 

 about half of its width. Hind tibiae somewhat dilated near 

 apex, on lower surface about apex with a conspicuous fringe 

 or loose fascicle : basal joint of four front tarsi distinctly 

 inflated. Length, 3|-4 mm. 



