BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 653 



truncate at base, parallel on the sides, lightly sinuate at apex, 

 strongly striate ; the striae extending in full depth to base and 

 apex, 2nd rising from a punctiform impression at base, 5th bent 

 inwards near the base ; interstices subconvex, 3rd impunctate, 8th 

 punctate, the punctures most thickly placed near the shoulder, 

 interrupted in the middle ; basal border ending externally in a 

 sharp tooth at shoulders. Ventral segments sulcate, strongly 

 divided ; apical segment with two strong foveiform impressions 

 behind the middle. Metasternal episterna and epimera short, 

 though together longer than anterior margin of episterna. Legs 

 short ; anterior femora wide at apex. 

 Length 11^, breadth 4| mm. 



Hah. — Dunoon, Richmond River, N.S.W. (R. Helms). A 

 single specimen in my collection. ♦ 



