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112. Saragus tarsalis, Hope. 



Helceus tarsalis, Hope, Trans. Ent. Soc. Vol. V. p. 55, pi. VII. 

 fig. 3. 



" Phosphugaeformis, ater, antennis sub-pilosis et piceis. Thorax 

 convexus, lateribus externis margine elevato conspicuis. Elytra 

 nigra, lineis elevatis notata, interstitiis valde punctulatis. Corpus 

 infra nigrum tarsis pedum flavo-spongiosis " (Hope). 



Long. 6 lines, lat 3| lines. 



Hah. — Swan River. 



113. Saragus carinatus, Breme. 



Cilibe carinatus, Breme, Mon. Cossyph. I. p. 41, pi. III. fig. 2. 



Brown, ovate, glabrous. Head punctate, strongly cut in and 

 narrowed at the anterior angles, labrum salient, narrow, clypeus 

 convex, anterior angles of the epicranium rounded, salient and a 

 little elevated ; forehead convex. Thorax finely punctate, trans- 

 verse, rounded on the sides, narrowed in front and strongly sinuate 

 behind ; the margins broad and raised, finely punctate, with folded 

 border ; the anterior angles reaching those of the epicranium, 

 the posterior salient and recurved. Elytra oval, pointed behind, 

 sinuate in front, convex and raised on the suture behind, a small 

 oblique fossette, on each side of the scutellum, a number of crowded 

 series of small punctures with some of the interstices slightly 

 raised, the margins large at the base. 



Long. 7^ lines, lat. i^ lines. 



Sab. — South Australia. 



114. Saragus asidoides, Pascoe. 



Journ. of Ent. Vol. IL p. 465. 



" Elliptic-ovate, black, opaque ; clypeus slightly produced and 

 truncate in front ; head finely punctured ; prothorax minutely and 

 very closely punctured, rather narrowly emarginate at the apex, 

 the disk flattish and passing gradually into the margin on each 



