98 Notes on Australian Coleoptera. 
From the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. 
Lacordaria Erichsoni: length 42’; of a rather shiny 
black ; head oval and long; thorax almost square, about as 
broad behind as in front, rounded laterally, with the margin 
much broader behind than on its anterior part; it has a- 
longitudinal sulcate on the middle, and a strong impression 
on each side behind; elytra striated, with the intervals 
flat; they are rather broad, depressed, oval form, and have 
a strong line of punctures on the margin; parts of the 
mouth, antenne, and tarsi, brown; antennz hirsute after 
their first three articles. 
I had this insect in a collection, where it was stated to be 
from Tasmania. 
Note.—Lacordwria proxima and angustatw are dis- 
tinct by their narrow and cordiform thorax, and the 
numerous strong striz of their elytra; Calathoides and 
Erichsont by their broader and more square thorax, and the 
striz of the elytra less numerous, and with the intervals 
flat, which gives them a more smooth and brilliant appear- 
ance. 
Lacordairia Calathoides: length 34’; of a metallic 
black, very shiny ; thorax broader than in the preceding, 
with its anterior angles much more rounded; elytra 
short, oval, with longitudinal striz feeble near the 
margin and stronger towards the sutura; a series of very 
large punctures on the margin of the elytra; anterior parts 
of the mouth and legs brown; head very small. 
Tasmania. | 
Lacordairia Argutoroides : length 3’; head oval; thorax _ 
almost as long as broad; rather narrow in its posterior part; 
slightly marginated laterally; the anterior angles rounded ; 
it presents a longitudinal strize on the middle, and two 
impressions behind: elytra of an oval form, rather strongly 
striated; the entire insect is of a dark brown, with the parts 
of the mouth, antennze, and legs, of a dark yellow. 
From the mountains of Victoria (Yankee Jim). Dr. 
Howitt’s collection. 7 
Lacordairia Anchomenoides: length 3’; of a more elon- 
gated form than the preceding ; head oval, of a dark brown, 
with the parts of the mouth and the antenne of a light yel- 
lowish colour; the last article of the palpi dark; thorax 
oblong, a little broader in front than backwards, with the 
anterior angles very rounded; it has a broad and equal 
lateral margin, a rather deep longitudinal striz on the 
