130 F. Erasmus Wilson : 



10 about twice as wide as long, 11 a little longer than broad, widely- 

 rounded at apex, Prothorax a little more than one and one fourth 

 times broader than long, its apex truncate in middle, sides very 

 lightly rounded, with a strong notch on each side of apical margin, 

 lateral furrows obsolete, basal furrow moderately distinct at sides, 

 with punctures much as on base of head, but a little more evenly dis- 

 tributed. Elytra wider than prothorax, parallel-sided to about apical 

 third, with regular rows of well defined punctures, becoming some- 

 what obscured on apical declivity, with a few extremely minute punc- 

 tures on interstices. Prosternum with numerous distinct punc- 

 tures on disc, almost impunctate in front and behind; intercoxal 

 process a little widened and broadly rounded at apex. Metasternum 

 with a longitudinal sulcus on disc, beginning at apex and traceable 

 a little beyond the middle, with punctures very much larger at sides 

 than on disc. Legs of normal length; front femora with two rows 

 of finely serrated ridges on undersurface, serrations more prominent 

 towards apex where they take rather the form of blunt teeth. 



Length, 7 mm. 



Habitat. — Queensland. — Mt. Tambourine (H. L. Pottinger). 



This species appears to be most closely allied to serratipes^ Lea, 7 

 but amongst other things it differs from the description of that species 

 in having no well defined lateral prothoracic furrows, by the elytra! 

 punctures not being in shallow striae, in having a double instead 

 of a single serrated ridge on the undersurfaces of the front femora, 

 and in having legs of normal length. 



Type in author's collection. 



MALACODERMIDAE. 



Hypattalus queenslandicus, n.sp. 



^ Head black, with muzzle flavous, antennae with joints 1-4, 

 and apical half of 11 infuscate, the rest black; prothorax, base and 

 apex of elytra broadly, suture very narrowly flavous, rest of elytra 

 dark bluish black; all appendages flavous. 



Head transverse, highly polished and smooth, with two faiut 

 longitudinal impressions on either side between antennae; antennae 

 reaching about middle of elytra, joints 4-10 feebly serrate internally, 

 joint 11 a little pointed, and about one and one quarter longer than 

 10; prothorax impunctate, broadest at about apical third, apex arcuate 

 outwardly, basal angles rounded, with a rather strong marginal im- 

 pression widely bordering the base, and continuing around the sides 

 to about the middle; elytra about 2^ times longer than head and 

 prothorax combined, convex, feebly but regularly increasing in width 

 to its broadest portion at about apical fourth; with a strong longi- 

 tudinal impression on either side at lateral margin, beginning near 

 shoulders and becoming deepest and broadest at about position of hind 

 coxae; with strong and fairly close punctures on dark parts becoming. 



7. Records of the S. Australian Museum, Vol. li., No. 2, p. 291. 



