204 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, VIII., 



of my specimens was taken from the nest of a small black sand- 

 inhabiting ant. 



OXYTELUS STRIGICEPS, 11. Sp. 



J". Rather wide; upper surface shining but not highly polished. 

 Black; the elytra diluted with piceous, mandibles red, legs 

 piceous, the knees and tarsi paler. 



Head rather large and wide; feebly punctate but very distinctly 

 and almost regularly strigose, the strigoe vanishing posteriorly 

 and apically. Clypeus strongly (but not suddenly) depressed and 

 almost impunctate, as is also the surface immediately behind it, 

 Prothorax strongly transverse, slightly narrower than head, much 

 narrower at base than at apex, posterior angles strongly rounded; 

 densely, coarsely and irregularly punctate; with a moderately 

 deep and rather wide median impression, lateral impressions 

 indistinct. Elytra considerably longer but very little wider than 

 prothorax, densely, coarsely and irregularly punctate through- 

 out, the punctures smaller towards suture. Length 3, to apex of 

 elytra 1^; variation in length 2-3 mm. 



Q. Differs in having a smaller and narrower head, with less 

 regular strigse, but larger and denser punctures; the clypeus more 

 suddenly depressed, very distinctly punctate and less shining; the 

 prothorax is wider than the head, its base is not much wider 

 than its apex, and its surface is less uneven although just as 

 coarsely punctate. 



Hob. — Swan River, W.A. 



In appearance resembling O.rufinodis but abundantly distinct 

 from that and from most other species by the strong corrugations 

 between the eyes. 



OXYTELUS TRISULCIC0LL1S, n.Sp. 



£. Small, depressed; moderately shining. Black, elytra scarcely 

 diluted with piceous, mandibles and legs obscure testaceous- 

 brown. 



Head moderately large, densely punctate throughout, the sides 

 distinct^ but somewhat irregularly strigose. Clypeus not 

 depressed, but its sutures distinct Prothorax strongly trans- 



