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oblique, feebly produced on to prothorax; each with nine rows of 

 not very large .subcontiguous punctures set in grooves and some- 

 times feebly separated by short transverse ridges or granules ; 

 interstices raised and carinate, near base almost flat, rather 

 densely punctate and wider than rows of punctures, near apex 

 slightly narrower than punctures I'ectornl canal rather shallow; 

 anterior coxte distinctly separated. J/esosternnl plate depressed, 

 punctate, base truncate, about two-thirds the width of apex, apex 

 emarginate, its sides raised, sides incurved. Metasterimm slightly 

 depressed in middle, densely punctate, sides almost vertical ; 

 episterna with a narrow row of small punctures. Abdomen not 

 very densely punctate, punctures deeper and sparser in ^ than 

 in 5; basal segment large, in ^ depressed in middle, in $ near 

 intercoxal process, which is arcuate in both sexes ; 2nd large, 

 convex; intermediates with deep and very distinct sutures, their 

 combined length slightly more than that of 2nd and much longer 

 than apical, in ^ with a transverse row of punctures, in 9 

 punctures irregular; apical segment with a depression near apex, 

 smaller and deeper in ^ than in 5. Leys rather long, densely 

 punctate; femora sublinear, dentate, teeth rather acute; posterior 

 in ^ reaching, in 9 not extending to apical segment; posterior 

 tibise slightly grooved, the others not; claw-joint and claws as in 

 preceding. Length 4|, rostrum 1^; width 2 mm. 



Hah. — X.S.W.: Forest Reefs (Blackmore, Dumbrell and Lea) — 

 S. Australia (Macleay Museum) — Victorian Alps and Tasmania 

 (Rev. T. Blackburn). 



This species is variable in size, some specimens being fully 

 thrice as large as others; some large females are of a reddish -brown 

 colour (immature?). Numerous specimens were obtained from a 

 tree of Acacia decurrens growing in a deep gully. This species 

 might almost have been regarded as a variety of the preceding 

 had the pectoral canal and abdomen been similar in character. 



Melanterius maculatds, n.sp. 



Elliptic, subopaque, convex. Piceous-brown; legs and rostrum 

 dull brown, antennae and claw-joint paler. Prothoracic punctures 



