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and near the base overspreads intei-stiees 2-5, with tlie result that 

 a (lull testaceous, sutural space on the basal half of the elytra is 

 enclosed: at its widest part, this basal plaga extends outwards ti> 

 the fifth or sixth interstice on each elytron, is divided posteriorly 

 l)V a toi-ward pi-olongation of the ante-apical black area, and 

 extends along the first interstice to the base. Tlie dark basal 

 part of tlie elytra is infuscate, not nearly as black as the ante- 

 apical patch. The abdomen is slightly more setulose than in »S'. 

 cortu'dlis, but less so than in »S'. sptiilosa SI. As in S. corticalia, 

 the hitei'stices are non-setulose, but have minute punctures along 

 the coui'se of the fifth as in 8. cvrtiralis (these piuictures being- 

 most noticeable towards the apex). Ijength 9-10-3, breatlth 4f) 

 f) lum. 



//rt6. -Mount Royal Kange, N.S.W. 



Common under loose bark on the trunks of Kitcali/jjfiis cui-iarfd, 

 at 5,000 feet. 



I have specimens of tliis variety from >Sydnev, \'ictoria, and 

 Tasmania. 



Agonochila plai^ata, n.sp. 



Depressed: elytra wide in propoi'tion to prothorax; head finely 

 shagreened, sparsely punctulate: prothorax transverse, apex lightly 

 emarginate, base strongly bisinuate, posterior angles marked, but 

 obtuse, one or two marginal set;e mi anteinor half; elytra broad, 

 densely and rather coarsely punctate, striae and interstices indis- 

 tinct, third interstice 3-punctate. Legs, antennae, mouth-parts, 

 lateral margins of prothorax, a wide posthumeral plaga on each 

 elytron, and undersurface testaceous (sides of abdomen fuscous); 

 head and disc of prothorax usually brownish; elytra brownish 

 with a variable pattern — usually a wide, testaceous, posthumeral 

 plaga on each elytron and an indefinite apical patch; sometimes 

 the posthumeral plaga? join the apical patch by a narrow, ill- 

 defined extension along the fourth interstice. 



Head stout (1-3 mm. across eyes), minutely shagreened, and 

 sparse 1}' piuictate under a lens; eyes prominent. Prothorax wide 

 (1-2x2 mm.), widest before middle, a little narrower at apex 

 (1-4 mm.) than base (1 -5 mm.), finely setulose-punctate under a 



