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creberrime subtiliter, dorso parcius fortiter punctatis, linea loiigi- 

 tudinali sublaeviore ; tarsis anticis fortiter dilatatis ; segmentis 3-6 

 siibtus sensim latius emarginatis ; 5^ apice, 6° disco toto impressis ; 

 7° profunde lateque triangulariter inciso, incisura basi marginato- 

 impressa. Long. 13^ ram. {Fvl). 



Bondi, Manly (ou the sea-shore under decaying sea-weed), 

 Sydney, Murrimbula Point, New South Wales ; Princetown, 

 Victoria ; Port Frederick, Tasmania. 



A common species. 



143. Cafius australis. 



Ocyims australis, Redt., Reise Novara, Zool. II p. 28 (1867) — 

 Cafixis australis, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. X, p. 251 (1877). 



Magnitudine et facie Ocypi fuscati ; rufo-testaceus, thoracis 

 disco nigricante, capite, scutello, pectore basique segmentorum 

 abdominalium nigris ; capite quadrangulari, non longiore quam 

 latiore, nitido, polito, angulis posticis rotundatis tantum punctatis, 

 punctis aliquot majoribus post oculos ; antennis capite paulo lon- 

 gioribus, ab articulo 4° moniliformibus, 11° ovato-globoso, nigris 

 basi rufo-testaceis ; ore terrugineo, palporum maxillarium articulis 

 2 ultimis longitudine aequalibus ; thorace non longiore quam 

 latiore, vix capite latiore, postice rotundato, antice truncato, 

 angulis maxima obtusis, laevissimo, angulis posticis punctis aliquot 

 notatis ; scutello dense punctato ; elytris non longioribus quam 

 latioribus, thorace paulo latioribus, disco rufo-testaceo, punctis 

 sparsis majoribus, punctis in margine inflexo flavo densis notatis ; 

 abdomine dense supra, parce subtus punctato, sat dense longeque 

 griseo-pubescente ; segmento 7° subtus profunde triangulariter 

 inciso; tarsis anticis fortiter dilatatis. Long. 11^; larg. 3 J mm. 

 {lit. tr. Fvl.) 



Sydney, New South Wales. 



M. Fauvel suggests that this description, which has not yet 

 been identified, may have been drawn up from an immature male 

 Cafius allied to C. areolatus. 



