BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 667 



side, shining ; elytra flattish at the base, more convex posteriorly, 

 with small punctures in slightly irregular lines, the margins very 

 distinct at the shoulders, but gradually narrowing to the apex, 

 where they nearly disappear ; body beneath and legs black, slightly 

 nitid ; the latter and antennae with a thin ferruginous pubescence" 

 (Pascoe.) 



Length, 7 lines. 



Eab. — South Australia. 



Mr. Pascoe seems to have fancied that this species might be 

 identical with S. simplex, Hope ; it is however a much smoother 

 insect, and more resembles S. carinatus, Breme. 



115. Saragus aspeeipes, Pascoe. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. London, Ser. 4, Vol. V. p. 101. 



" Rather shortly obovate, brownish-black, opaque ; clypeus 

 slightly emarginate ; head and prothorax finely but not closely 

 punctured, the latter with the disk slightly convex, distinctly 

 separated from the margins, and of a paler brown, raised and 

 thickened at the edges ; scutellum broadly transverse ; elytra more 

 convex posteriorly, finely punctui'ed in slightly irregular lines, 

 every fourth interval between the lines slightly elevated; the 

 margins very narrow and gradually obliterated posteriorly, not 

 marked with transverse folds ; body beneath and legs brown, 

 slightly nitid ; tibiee covered with small hispid tubercles ; tarsi 

 yellowish-ferruginous ; antennae with the last joint nearly circular" 

 (Pascoe). 



Length, 5-6 lines. 



Hab. — Port Lincoln, South Australia. 



116. Saragus exulans, Pascoe. 



Journ. of Ent. Vol. II. p. 466. 



" Oblong-ovate, convex, dark reddish brown, sub-nitid ; clypeus 

 sloping at the sides, the apex emarginate ; head finely but rugosely 

 punctured ; prothorax closely and finely punctured ; the punctures 



