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not much wider than prothorax; minutely granulate throughout; 

 striate-punctate, punctures rather large, subquadrate; interstices 

 wide, very feebly convex, 3rd and 4th slightly thickened at base, 

 the thickening noticeable only under a lens ; apex very feebly 

 mucronate. Metasternum with almost obsolete coxal processes. 

 Mesosternal process produced and rounded. Tibice almost straight, 

 many small teeth almost concealed by pubescence, apex edged 

 with black setse; claw-joint rather long, squamose. Length 8|^ 

 width 4 mm. 



Hab.—N.S.W. : Mt. Kosciusko (Mr. W. E. Raymond). 



A sober-coloured species v/ithout elytral tuberosities. From 

 0. australis, which it somewhat resembles in structure, it differs 

 besides colour and clothing in having the elytral punctures 

 smaller, the interstices wider, shoulders more rounded, prothorax 

 without median carina, tibiae without noticeable granules, in the 

 funicle, ifcc. 



OXYOPS ABERRANS, n.sp. 



Upper surface uniformly dull red, beneath slightly tinged with 

 piceous. Head with pale ochreous scales, densest at base between 

 and around ej^es; prothorax with sparse ochreous scales, and three 

 distinct longitudinal vittfe composed of large white scales, one 

 median and two lateral, there are also two very feeble vittse 

 between middle and sides; scutellum with dense white scales; 

 elytra with sparse pale ochreous scales, sides with a longitudinal 

 stripe of large white scales having in some lights a pearly irides- 

 cence, suture with pale scales denser towards scutellum where 

 they are almost snowy-white, 3rd interstice with a stripe of pale 

 scales at base, and two small whitish fascicles, one at middle and 

 one a little beyond it, 5th interstice with several patches of pale 

 scales, the most noticeable one shortly before apex. Under 

 surface with short ovate and elongate scales, ^'arying in colour 

 from white to ochreous and dull brown. 



Head punctate, a feeble impression between eyes; eyes trans- 

 versely elliptic, rather small. Rostrum densely punctate, punc- 

 tures coarser at base, feebly widening to apex, without carina. 

 First joint of funicle obtriangular, fully as long as 2nd, 2nd 



