BY H. J. CARTER. 15, 



benl hair at margins of segments, epipleurse smooth, Dimeii 

 sions : 1 5 x 1 - mm. 



Hab.—Cue, West Australia (Mr. H. Brown). 



Another of Mr. Brown's discoveries, showing a species near 

 S. orbicularis Breme, and S. excisifrons Cart., in convexity and 

 outline, but distinguished from both as from .S' pateUifurmis 

 Pase., by its thick clothing and opaque surface. From tin; last 

 it is distinct by its greater convexity and wider form. 



T v p e in Coll. Carter. 



Sympetes deprkssus, n.sp. 



Nearly round, depressed, black, glabrous, moderately nitid 

 above, opaque beneath, antenna* and tarsi reddish. 



IIfd<i minutely punctate, lightly ridged in front of eyes. Pro- 

 thorax 3 x 10 mm., length measured in middle, width at base; 

 anterior angles subrectangular(lightly rounded at apex), posterior 

 acute and overlapping elytra (also a little rounded at tips), 

 margins wide, the disc forming half total width at base, ap- 

 parently smooth, not carinate at middle (obsolete carina faintly 

 indicated by slight convexity near middle front). Elytra de- 

 pressed, widely margined, densely and clearly punctate (some- 

 what as in »S'. patelliformin Pasc), the suture not, or scarcely, 

 carinate: underside in general smooth, epipleurse finely punctate. 

 Dimensions: 14-16 x 1 1^-12 mm. 



Hob.— Geraldton, W.A. (H. Brown and W. l>uBoulay). 



Three specimens, 2 £ and 1 Q, of which the female has the 

 larger dimensions, show a species near S . patelliformis Pasc, in 

 its Hat form, differing from that species in (1) larger size, wider 

 margins and still Hatter form, (2) head with ante-ocular ridges, 

 though much less raised than in S. browni, (3) prothoracic angles 

 more rounded, and (A) elytra] punctures larger, the suture 

 scarcelv carinate. 



Types in Coll. Carter. 



Saragus convexus, n.sp. 

 Lightly obovate, very convex, pale brown (head, disc of pro- 

 notiini, and underside darker, where denuded of the pale, squa 

 mose clothing), elytra with short, upright, red hairs. 



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