BY T. G. SLOANE. 205 



Head convex (3-05 mm. across eyes); eyes convex. Prothorax 

 broadei- than long (4 x 5 mm.); sides strongly rounded, roundly 

 angustate to base; border wide, reflexed; lateral basal impres- 

 sions short, wide. Elytra oval (11 x 6"5 mm.), convex; lateral 

 apical sinviosities wide, feeble; strife subcrenulate; eighth and 

 ninth interstices short, well developed towards apex. Intercoxal 

 declivity of prosternum flat, of mesosternum lightly concave. 

 Four posterior tarsi costate on external side without spinules 

 beneath costte. Length 19-23, breadth (5 '25-7 '4 mm. 



Hub. — Mount Royal llange, N.8.W. Not uncommon undei- 

 logs in the Fagus-brushes, at tlie sources of the Williams and 

 Barrington Rivers, 4,500 to 5,000 feet. Seven specimens have 

 been examined. 



Belongs to the aiist ralis-gro\\\:i. Tt is allieil to, and resembles 

 K. colossus 81., but differs by form more convex; prothorax 

 smaller, narrower across base, more strongly rounded on sides 

 (pai'ticularly towards base), anterior angles more rounded and 

 neai'er to head; elytra more in-al, border narrowei-; posterior 

 femora less swollen in middle; upper surface of head bright green, 

 prothorax cupreous, elytra coppery-bronze, antennae black (not 

 reddish). 



SlAGONYX BLACKBURNI, n.Sp. 



Slcuiouyx anyustata Blackb., (not Lacordairia angustata Cast.), 

 Trans. Roy. 8oc. S. Aust., 1901, p.llG. 



Elliptical-oval, depressed; labrum bisinuate; prothorax very 

 little broader than long (2-8 x 3 mm.). Black. 



Prothorax narrow, strongly narrowed to base, widest before 

 middle; apex and base of equal width (2mm.), apex lightly 

 emarginate, narrowly bordered; anterior angles rounded; base 

 emarginate, i-ounded at basal angles ; lateral margins wide. 

 Elytra much wider than prothorax, oval (9 x 5-5 mm.), strongly 

 striate; a short, distinct sti'iole at base of first interstice; third 

 interstice bipunctate near second stria. Length 12 -5- 15 -6, 

 breadth 4-5-6 mm. 



Hah. N.S.W.; Fagus-brushes at the sources of the Williams 



