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subtiliter punctate, caeterum laevi ; thorace late, brevi, convexo, 

 capite latiore, quarta ])arte longiore quam latiore, disco utrinque 

 parce fortius, lateribus vage subtilius, longe ante basin late laevem 

 fossulato ; scutello elytrisque ut in mirabili, abdomine praesertim 

 basi densius fortiusque punctatis. Long. 12 mm. (Fvl.) 



^ latet. 



Cairns, Port Denison, Queensland. 



A very distinct species. 



160. Hesperus Pulleinei. 



Hesperus Pulleinei, Blackburn, Trans. Royal Soc. S. Australia, 

 1887, p. 7. 



Niger, nitidus, parce nigro-pubescens, clypeo, palpis, antennis et 

 abdominis segmentis ultimis 2 laete testaceis (his aureo-pubescen- 

 tibus), elytris violaceo-caeruleis ; capite fortiter transversim 

 quadrate, crasse punctate, disco laevi ; protherace transverso, 

 antice truncate, crasse punctate, disco longitudinaliter laevi ; 

 elytris protherace vix lengieribus, subtilius squamese nee crebre 

 punctatis ; abdomine subtilius nee crebre punctate. Long. 12mm. 

 (Blk.) 



Burnside, Adelaide, South Australia ; m stercore hovis. 



