BY A. SIDNEY OLLIFF, F.E.S. 511 



Black, shining, sparingly pubescent ; antennae with the last 

 three joints testaceous ; elytra dark reddish testaceous ; abdomen 

 with the apex of the 6th and the whole of the 7th joint reddish 

 testaceous ] tibise and tarsi reddish testaceous. 



Head rather strongly transverse, somewhat impressed in front,, 

 with two rather strongly impressed punctures on each side of the 

 middle, strongly and rather closely punctured behind the eyes and 

 near the posterior angles. Antenni« thickened towards the 

 extremity ; joints 4-7 elongate, gradually decreasing in length. 

 Prothorax rather convex, narrowed towards the base, truncate in 

 front, rounded behind, with a dorsal series of ten or eleven very 

 strongly impressed punctures on each side of the middle, the space 

 between these dorsal series and the margins very strongly and 

 sparingly punctured . Scutellum rather finely and densely punc- 

 tured. Elytra slightly convex, finely pubescent, shorter than 

 the prothorax, narrowed in front, moderately strongly and closely 

 punctured ; anterior and posterior angles rounded. Abdomen 

 tinged with violaceous, moderately strongly and rather closely 

 punctured. Legs with the femora pitchy ; the tibia; and tarsi 

 reddish testaceous. Leng-th lO-ll^ mm. 



Gayndah, Queensland ; Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales. 

 The black head and prothorax, and red elytra at once dis- 

 tinguish this species from its allies. 



159. Hesperus semirufus. 



Hesperus semirufiis, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. XIII. p. 543 

 (1878). 



H. australi latior, laete rufus, nitidus, longius parce nigro 



pilosus, femoribus piceis, tibiis fere totis albidis, antennis articulis 



4-10 nigricantibus, abdomine praeter segmenti 6 J apicem 7"™ que 



testacea toto nigro-irideo ; antennis brevibus, validis, articulis 6-10 



brevissimis, maxime transversis, 11° lato, oblique truncate; capita 



transversim orbiculato, fronte media foveolata, intero culos trans- 



versim 4-punctata, post oculos parce fortiter, basi summa utrinque 

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