1498 FURTHER NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 
A furrow runs across the head from eye to eye which is much 
stronger in the female than in the male. From between the bases 
of the antennae a smooth ridge runs down the middle of the clypeus 
nearly to its apex. 
N. Territory of Australia ; taken Mr. J. P. Tepper and others. 
A. Australis, sp.nov. 
Sat nitida ; capite prothorace scutello elytrisque flavis ; his 
basi fascia lata suturam fere attingente et macula magna subapicali 
nigra instructis, apice ipso angu.ste piceo ; subtus flava abdomine 
apicem versus et metasterno nigris ; antennis (basi excepta) tibiis 
tarsisque infuscatis ; capite vix evidenter, prothorace (medio 
transversim fortiter sulcato) latera versus crebrius fortius, elytris 
subtilius minus crebre punctulatis. 
(J. Antennarum articulis 3° (leviter) 4° 5“que (valde) dilatatis ; 
abdominis segmento apicali longitudinaliter 4-sulcato, inter sulcos 
interstitiis convexis. 
The basal black spot (or fascia) on the elytra occupies the 
anterior quarter extending from the lateral margin almost to the 
suture, its hinder and inner edges being irregular in outline j the 
hinder black spot is scarcely smaller than the basal one, and almost 
touches the lateral margin, being well separated from the suture, 
with its front edge a little behind the middle of the elytron. The 
basal joint of the antennje is moderately elongate, the second 
short, third about equal to 1st (in the male somewhat dilated) 
fourth slightly shorter than third (in the ^ strongly dilated and 
accuminate at the extero-apical angle, fifth in male dilated as 
strongly as fourth than which it is much shorter, — in female 
similar to fourth and scarcely shorter, — the remaining joints 
gradually and slightly (in both sexes) increasing in length and 
decreasing in thickness. 
I have met with this insect in various localities near Adelaide, 
and have received specimens from N. S. Wales (from Mr. Sloane). 
It appears to be a common species, but I cannot discover any 
description of it among the numerous described forms of the genus. 
