BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 673 



128. Saragus rotundatus, Breme. 



Cilihe rotundatus, Breme, Mon. Cossyph. I. p. 50, pi. IV. fig. 4. 



Obscure-brown, glabrous, sub-nitid, round. Head sub-punc- 

 tate, angles of the clypeus dilated on each side, the epicranium 

 raised and separated from the clypeus by a somewhat circular 

 raised siiture, the forehead hollowed between the eyes ; antennae 

 short, brown, the eighth and ninth joints round but not larger 

 than the others, the eleventh slender and oval. Thorax strongly 

 transverse, sub-punctate, rounded in front, slightly sinuate behind, 

 disk depressed with two fossettes on each side of the median line, 

 which foi m towai'ds the base a very small raised spine ; margins 

 very broad, flat, strongly raised and folded on the border ; the 

 anterior angles reaching the extremity of the head, the posterior 

 prolonged and recurved. Elyti'a sinuate at the base, convex, 

 finely punctate, suture cai'inate, margins very dilated, flat, a little 

 swollen at the humeral angles, all of the same width, beneath 

 brown, [)unctate and nitid. 



Long. 8 lines, lat. 7 lines. 



Hah. — Swan River. 



The following species do not answer exactly to any of the 

 preceding sections. 



129. Saragus subrugosus, Breme. 



Cilibe suhmgosus, Breme, Mon. Cossyph. I. p. 49, pi. IV. fig. 5. 



Brown, broadly ovate, very rugose ; head rather square, rounded 

 in front, scarcely punctate, antennae short, brown, the basal joints 

 thickened; thorax rounded laterally, narrowed in front, transverse, 

 sinuate behind and rugose, depressed above on each side of the 

 median line, which is slightly raised, margins broad, flat, the 

 anterior angles attaining two-thirds the length of the head, very 

 acute and salient, the posterior ones recurved. Elytra rugose, 

 very convex, rounded laterally, pointed behind, with numerous 

 lines slightly visible, the suture carinate, margins broad, a little 

 swollen at the humeral angles. 



Long. 6| lines, lat. 5 lines. 



Hah. — Western Australia (1). 



