42S Catalogue of the Gcodephagous Cdleoptera. 



7nedivm cxtendentc. Long. -7 — '62, lat. -3 — '25. Ha- 

 bltat ubique minus frequens. 

 Elliplious, latus, niger, subopacus. Caput subelongatum, an- 

 tice acutum, transverse rugosum.obsoletissime rugose-punctatum, 

 inipressionibas frbnfalibus profundis. Antenna versus apicem 

 fuscoscentes. Thorax basi capite duplo latior, latitudine fere 

 sesqui brevior, apice profunda rotundato-emarginatus, angulis 

 antieis acutis; antiee levitcr angustatus, lateribus leviter rotunda- 

 tus, bad medio late subito paulo incisa, angulis posticis rectis 

 rotundaiis: disco minus convexus, transversim leviter rugosus, 

 obsoletissimo rugose-punctatus ; linea longitudinali fere integra, 

 imprcssionihus transversis indisdiuctis, anteriore arcuata, poste- 

 riore vix angulata, rarao ad angulum minus profundo ; basalibus 

 modicis, ad medium non extendentibusintrorsum leviter obliquis, 

 margine depresso, distinctius reflexo, antiee fere evanescente ; 

 impressione laterali satis profunda, postice non incurvata, cum 

 ramn bbliquo conjuncta. Elytra thorace vix latiora, postice non 

 dilatata, apice rotundata {$ paulo angustata) pone medium con- 

 vex a, striata, interstitiis minus convexis, 5 to , 6 to que basi striola 

 abbreriata: carina humerali acuta, paulo pone medium evanes- 

 cente. 

 17. a in b i g I1US. Ferte. Rev. Zool. 1841 : Dej. Cat. Sub- 

 elon^(t(its, nig&r t pamm nitidus, thorace antiee leviter 

 anglHtatot lateribtu paulo rotundata, margine icnui an- 

 tiee ambiente ; ehjtris strialis, carina humerali pone, 

 medium cxtendentc. Long. -75, lat. -29. Habitat in 

 provinciis australibus. 

 D. obscuro simillimus ; paulo latior, et minus opacus : tborace 

 paulo breviore, antiee minus angustato, angulis posticis magis 

 rotuudatis, angulis antieis minus acutis margine tenui ambiente. 

 distinctus. 



Bnbelongatua, niger, param nitidus. Caj.vt minusculum, im- 

 pressiouibua frontaltbui lat is, non profundis, obsolete rugostim, 

 loiiL'itii<!iiialitcr subtilissime rugose punctatum. Antennae apice 

 f u . I . Thorax basi capite- plus duplo latior, latitudine Don 868- 

 qui brevior, apice profundo emarginalus, emarginatione basi fere 



