Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part V

521 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OP AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA. By Arthur M. Lea. Part V. DYTISCID^. Haliplus testudo, Clark. Hab. — Forest Reefs, Sydney, N.S.W. H. GiBBUS, Clark. Hab. — Forest Reefs, Whitton, N.S.W. H. FUSCATUS, Clark. Hab. — Clarence River, N.S.W. Pelobius NIGER, Clark. Hab.-— Benalla, Vic. NoTOMiCRUS L.EViGATUS, Sharp. — A specimen from the Behn River (E. Kimberley) agrees with the figure and the very brief description of this species. Hydrocanthus australasi;e, Wehn. Hab. — Brisbane, Q.; Clarence River, N.S.W. Hydeovatus ovalis, Sharp. Hab. — ^Clarence River, Windsor, Tarn worth, N.S.W. H. NiGRiTA, Sharp. Hab. — Brisbane, Q. ; Clarence River, Sydney, N.S.W. BiDESSUS. A. Each ivirig-case provided ivith a distinct sutural stria. BiDESSUS FUSCOLINEATUS, n.Sp. Shining, depressed; very finely pubescent. Testaceous; the elytra paler than prothorax and head, but each with three or four longitudinal stripes of dusky brown, base and suture near base infuscate; sterna ferruginous, abdomen blackish. 35