240 Mr. G. 0. Champion on the Heteromerotis Coleoptera 
the Mediterranean region ; but differs from it in the 
closer punctdation of the head and thorax, and the finer 
punctuation of the elytra. The smaller eyes and the less 
transverse, more convex thorax, the latter with the sides 
rounded almost from the base, distinguish S. australis 
from S. laticollis, 
Scraptia punctatissima, n. sp. 
Elongate, feebly convex, moderately shining, ferrugineo-testa- 
ceous (the eyes excepted), finely pubescent; the antennae fusco- 
testaceous, with the three basal joints testaceous, the legs testa- 
ceous ; the entire upper surface densely, very minutely punctate, 
the punctuation of the elytra a little more diffuse than that of the 
prothorax. Head rather small ; the eyes moderately large, 
occupying the whole of the side of the head, not prominent, 
widely separated, and somewhat finely granulated ; antennae rather 
short, joints 2 and .3 short, equal in length, 4 about twice as long 
as 3, 4-7 (8-11 broken off) equal in length. Prothorax convex, 
about twice as broad as long, fully one-half wider than the head, 
greatly narrowed in front, the sides rounded and converging from 
the base, the latter bisinuate. Elytra moderately elongate, 
flattened on the disc, a little rounded at the sides. Intermediate 
tibial spurs elongate and rather stout (hind pair broken off). 
Length 2|, breadth f mm. 
Hah. Tasmania — Hobart. 
One imperfect specimen. Differs from the other 
species here described in the denser and finer punctua- 
tion of the upper surface ; the eyes, too, are more finely 
granulated, the head less transverse, and the interme- 
diate tibiae spurs longer and stouter. It is possible that 
the insect may prove to be generically distinct from 
Scraptia. 
PYTHID^. 
Tanylypa. 
Tanylypa, Pascoe, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) iii., 
p. 152 (1869). 
Tanylypa morio. 
Tanylypa morio, Pasc, loc. ext., p. 153, t. 11, f 4. 
Mah. Tasmania— Hobart. 
