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NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



disc densely and finely punctate, the' median line irregularly 

 indicated by smooth spaces, a large, pre-scutellary fovea and 

 two transverse depressions near hind angles. Scutellum trian- 

 gular, punctate, brilliant green. Elytra impressed near shoulders, 

 sides entire to apex, striate-punctate, the intervals regular con- 

 vex, and impunctate, apices finely and obliquely lunate; pro- 

 sternum transversely strigose, the Hanks punctate; abdomen 

 with sparse, fine pubescence. Dimensions: 10-11 x 3-3J mm. 



Hab.— Kuranda (F. P. Dodd). 



Two examples, the sexes, from Mr. Dodd show a species of the 

 S. mansueta, S. I ana group in my classification. In form near 

 S. elonyatula Mac!., its apical structure is like that of S. atricollis 

 Saund. The groundcolour is apparently black, but in a strong 

 light shows metallic and even coppery gleams on the forehead 

 and sides of pronotum. In my Table (Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust , 

 1916. p. 101) it should be placed as follows : — 



152. Pronotum without medial sulcus. 



lo'icr. Groundcolour violet, apices trispinose hvna Thomas. 



1526. Groundcolour blue-black, apices bispinose octosignata, n.sp. 



In the 9 specimen, the basal and median spots coalesce and 

 form an irregular vitta— a common variation with this class of 

 pattern. 



Types in Coll. Carter. 



TENEBRIONID^. 



Exangeltus rufipennis, n.sp. (Plate iv , fig. 2). 



Elongate, subparallel, convex. Head and prothorax opaque 

 black; elytra, antennae, and tarsi dull red, legs and underside 

 piceous red, whole surface lightly clothed with pale, recumbent 

 hair. 



Head rather sharply rounded and ciliate in front, without any 

 suture to separate epistoma from frontal area; eyes large and 

 prominent, surface rough and rather thickly clad with recumbent 

 hair, a small, nitid, black tubercle at middle, near prothorax; 

 antennae rather long, its joints sublinear, first two very short, 

 joint 3 as long as 4-5 combined, 4-8 successively shorter, 9 longer 



