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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OP AUSTRALIAN 



COLEOPTERA. 



By Arthur M. Lea. 



Part V. 



DYTISCID^. 



Haliplus testudo, Clark. Hab. — Forest Reefs, Sydney, 



N.S.W. 



H. GiBBUS, Clark. Hab. — Forest Reefs, Whitton, N.S.W. 



H. FUSCATUS, Clark. Hab. — Clarence River, N.S.W. 



Pelobius NIGER, Clark. Hab.- — Benalla, Vic. 



NoTOMiCRUS L.EViGATUS, Sharp. — A specimen from the Behn 

 River (E. Kimberley) agrees with the figure and the very brief 

 description of this species. 



Hydrocanthus australasi;e, Wehn. Hab. — Brisbane, Q.; 

 Clarence River, N.S.W. 



Hydeovatus ovalis, Sharp. Hab. — ^Clarence River, Windsor, 

 Tarn worth, N.S.W. 



H. NiGRiTA, Sharp. Hab. — Brisbane, Q. ; Clarence River, 

 Sydney, N.S.W. 



BiDESSUS. 



A. Each ivirig-case provided ivith a distinct sutural stria. 



BiDESSUS FUSCOLINEATUS, n.Sp. 



Shining, depressed; very finely pubescent. Testaceous; the 

 elytra paler than prothorax and head, but each with three or four 

 longitudinal stripes of dusky brown, base and suture near base 

 infuscate; sterna ferruginous, abdomen blackish. 

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