BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 225 



Head small, coarsely punctured; sides with several oblique 

 impressions; front with three deep impressions, of which the 

 median one is the narrowest. Eyes small and oblique. Antennae 

 very stout, four basal joints subgranulate, 1st curved, 2nd from 

 above apparently shorter than 1st but from below noticeably 

 longer, thick but curved, and joined to 1st at about the middle 

 of its lower surface, 3rd slightly longer than wide, 4th almost 

 spherical, 5th-6th combined almost circular, as wide as head and 

 depressed at their junction; 6th slightly larger than 5th, and at 

 its inner apex strongly impressed and with an outer ridge. 

 Prothorax slightly longer than wide, rounded in front, sides 

 incurved near base; disc and apex almost impunctate, sides 

 coarsely punctate; base with coarse punctures turning into short 

 longitudinal lines running from near the base to a subbasal 

 curved impression. Scutellum absent. Elytra not much wider 

 than prothorax, with rows of small isolated punctures, but at base 

 with traces of striae, each of which ends in a distinct puncture; 

 basal margin raised and rather coarsely punctate. Abdomen 

 with irregularly distributed punctures, 2nd segment slightly 

 larger than 3rd and considerably larger than 1st, 4th very short. 

 Legs rather short; front coxse almost touching, middle rather 

 widely, the hind pair very widely separated ; femora deeply 

 grooved for the reception of tibiae; tarsi thin, claws feeble. 

 Length 2^- mm. 



Hab.— Newcastle, W.A. (A. M. Lea). 



In some lights the elytra, especially at the sides and apex, 

 appear to be very finely strigose. The intercoxal process of the 

 mesosternum is irregularly concave, as are also the four front 

 coxae. Seen from below the two basal joints of the antennae 

 appear to be widely and irregularly triangular; from the side 

 the 5th appears to be slightly larger than the 6th. 



Family CIOID^E. 



Lyctus oblongus Oliv. 



This species is destructive in Australia and Tasmania to cane 

 furniture, &c. It has not previously been recorded from Aus- 

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