collected in Australia and Tasmania. 231 
indications of two or three faint costse on the disc. Beneath very 
densely punctured, the metasternum smoother in the middle ; 
propleuras separated from the prosternum by a very sharp 
carina extending obliquely from the anterior margin of the 
prothorax to the anterior coxal cavity. Length 8|-11, breadth 
2^3|mm. (?). 
Sah. Tasmania — Franklin, Launceston, and Hobart. 
I have received five specimens of this species, appar- 
ently all females. D. velutina is allied to D. vaudouerij 
Muls., and D. mexicana, Champ., but differs from both 
of these in having the thorax more narrowed in front. 
The sides of the thorax are incompletely margined, as in 
D. mexicana. Under bark of Eucalyptus obliquus (stringy 
bark), usually at a considerable elevation (Walker). 
Dircsea venusta, n. sp. (Plate VL, fig. 5, 
Elongate, subcylindrical, subopaque ; the head black ; the pro- 
thorax ferruginous or ruf o-testaceous, with a large trapezoidal black 
patch on the disc ; the elytra black or piceous, with an oblique 
patch on the outer part of the disc before the middle, and a trans- 
verse fascia at one- third from the apex — extending to near the 
suture and constricted at the middle, — pale yellow, the sutural, basal, 
and lateral margins, the shoulders, and an oblong spot near the 
margin about the middle, ferruginous ; the antennae black, with the 
base rufo-testaceous, the oral organs and legs ferruginous, the 
middle of the femora, the anterior tibiae (except at the base), and 
the anterior tarsi more or less inf uscate ; beneath black or piceous, 
the ventral segments ferruginous at the apex ; the surface very 
densely, minutely punctured and clothed with a fine sericeous 
pubescence, which partakes largely of the ground-colour. Antennae 
slender, filiform, about half the length of the body, joint 3 a little 
shorter than 4, 4-11 subequal. Prothorax convex, transverse, 
narrowed in front, the sides rounded anteriorly and slightly con- 
verging behind, the hind angles rectangular, the base very feebly 
bisinuate, the marginal carina extending forwards to near the apex 
the surface rather deeply canaliculate in the middle at the base and 
with an elongate groove on either side of this. Elytra about four 
times the length of the prothorax, parallel to beyond the middle, 
the humeral callus finely transversely strigose, the sutural stria 
distinct, the disc with indications of two or three faint costse. 
Beneath very densely punctured ; propleurae not separated from the 
prosternum by a distinct suture. Anterior tarsi broadly dilated in 
the male. Length 5-7^, breadth 1^-2 mm. ( ^ ? ). 
