168 Notes on Australian Coleoptera. 
the base of the first articles of a dark brown; the palpi of 
the latter colour. 
On the Sea shore of Cape Schanck (Victoria). 
Promecoderus Striato-punctatus: length 74; very 
nearly allied to the preceding, but head smaller; elytra 
more parallel and cylindrical ; the first article of the 
antenne is of a dark brown, the following black, and the 
four last of a dark reddish brown ; the general colour is 
dark but brilliant, and more or less metallic. _ 
I have one specimen from the mountains of Victoria, 
and another from the Darling River. 
Promecoderus Semistriatus: length 64’; of a dark 
metallic colour, almost black; head with two slight im- 
pressions in front, and a strong transverse one behind ; 
thorax longer than broad, rather cordiform, considerably 
narrowed behind; it has a strong transverse impression 
in front, another behind, and a deep longitudinal sulcate in 
the middle ; elytra oval, with strong longitudinal striz near 
the sutura, but growing fainter as they are more remote 
from it; they entirely disappear before they reach the 
margin ; a punctiform impression and a short suleate on the 
posterior part of the margin; the inferior side of the 
abdomen presents a punctiform impression on each side 
of its segments; antennz, palpi, and tarsi, of a reddish 
brown. 
From Eastern Creek, New South Wales. 
Note.—A specimen from Clarence River has the striz 
of the elytra more feeble. - 3 
Promecoderus Albaniensis: length 5’; black, with a 
copper tinge ; head with a transverse impression in front, 
and another behind the eyes ; thorax sub-cordiform, with a 
longitudinal suleate in the middle, and two transverse 
impressions, one near the anterior margin, and the other 
behind ; elytra oval, with feeble longitudinal strize, which 
disappear towards the sides; a punctiform impression and a 
short sulecate on the posterior part of the margin; the 
lower side of the body is of a glossy black ; the segments of 
the abdomen have a deep punctiform impression on each 
side ; labrum black ; antenne, palpi, and tarsi of a dark 
brown ; the basal articles of the antenne generally black or 
dark. ; 
Variety of a copper colour. 
Common at King George's Sound. 
