collected in Australia and Tasmania. 289 
tralia. There are three species represented amongst Mr. 
Walker's Tasmanian captures. 
Scraptia laticollis, n. sp. 
Moderately elongate, rather broad, depressed, shining, testaceous 
(the eyes excepted), the head slightly infuscate, finely pubescent ; 
the entire upper surface thickly, finely punctate, the punctuation 
of the elytra a little coarser and more diffuse than that of the pro- 
thorax. Head short, broad ; the eyes large, occupying the whole of 
the side of the head, widely separated, and coarsely granulated ; 
antennae rather long, joints 2 and 3 short, 3 slightly shorter than 2, 
4 twice as long little longer than 4, 5-10 subequal in 
length. Prothorax feebly convex, very broad, nearly two and one- 
half times as broad as long, much wider than the head ; the sides 
parallel at the base and broadly rounded in front ; the base sub- 
truncate ; with distinct basal foveas and a short median channel at 
the base. Elytra about five times the length of the prothorax, and 
scarcely wider than it at the base, parallel in front. Length 2, 
breadth f mm. 
Hah. Tasmania — New Norfolk. 
One male specimen. An insect sent me by the Rev. T. 
Blackburn from South Australia perhaps belongs to the 
same species ; but as it is immature, the identification is 
doubtful. 
Scraptia australisj n. sp. 
Moderately elongate, rather depressed, shining, testaceous (the 
eyes excepted), finely pubescent, the entire upper surface thickly, 
finely punctate, the punctuation of the elytra a little more diffuse 
than that of the prothorax. Head strongly transverse, moderately 
broad, the eyes smaller than in S. laticollis^ not extending to the 
base of the head ; antennas moderately long, joints 2 and 3 short, 
equal in length, 4 nearly twice as long as 3, 5 slightly longer than 
4, 5-10 subequal in length. Prothorax more than twice as broad 
as long, convex, much wider than the head, greatly narrowed in 
front, the sides rounded and converging almost from the base, the 
base bisinuate, the basal foveas faint. Elytra as in 8. laticollis. 
Length 2-2^, breadth |-| mm. 
Hah. Tasmania — Hobart and Franklin. 
Three specimens, including, I believe, both sexes. 
This insect is extremely like 8. ophthalmica, Muls., of 
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