BY A. SIDNEY OLLIPF. 1005 



Scntellum smooth, slightly depressed in the middle, rounded 

 behind. Elytra with the sutural sti'ia strongly marked, extending 

 to just before the apex, the discal striae somewhat obscured, 

 abbreviated postei'iorly, those at the sides almost obsolete, the 

 interstices broad, impunctate ; the apex of each elytron strongly, 

 irregularly, and sparingly punctured. Underside pale castaneous ; 

 the sterna rather thickly clothed with long silky pubescence. 

 ^ Legs castaneous, tibiae and tarsi pitchy. In the female, which 

 is the only sex known to me, the anterior tibiae are tridentate. and 

 the others bicarinate. Length 18-23 mm. 



In the absence of the male the generic identification of this 

 species cannot be regarded as certain, but I have little doubt that 

 its position is not far removed from Chirojilatys latipes, Guerin. 



Four 5 specimens. 



BUPRESTID^. 



Melobasis purpurascens. 



Melohasis purpurascens, Fabricius, Syst. El., II., p. 217. 

 Four examples. 



ELATERID^. 



MONOCREPIDIUS STRIATUS. 



Monocrepidius striatus, Macleay, Trans. Ent. Soc. N.S.W., 11. , 



p. 252 (1872). 



Three specimens which appear to be identical with the type of 



this Gayndah species. 



Monocrepidius, sp. 



Two abraded specimens of a species closely allied to M. striatus. 



DiCTENIOPHORUS RAMIFER. 



Ludius ramifer, Eschscholtz, Thon. Arch., II., p. 34. 



A single ^ specimen agreeing in every respect with this common 



Australian form. 

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