BY THOMAS O. SLOAXE. 



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each side of suture, roundl}' and al^ruptly declivous to apex, 

 truncate at base, rounded at apex ; apical curve with a light 

 sinuosity on each side ; sides almost parallel ; striae deep, simple, 

 extending to base and apex, 2nd rising in a punctiform impression 

 at base ; scutellar striole wanting ; interstices strongly convex, the 

 single puncture of 3rd placed a little behind half the length, near 

 second stria ; ninth interstice punctate, the punctures wide apart 

 in middle ; basal border with a strong short tooth at each shoulder ; 

 lateral border narrow, rettexed. Prosternum truncate and 

 margined at base ; episterna lightly and finely punctulate ; 

 mesosternal and metasternal episterna punctate, the latter short. 

 Ventral segments sulcate, punctate laterally ; anterior margin of 

 three last segments foveate-impressed ; apical segment deeply 

 liifoveolate ; punctures of aml^ulatorial set;\' strongly marked. 



Length 8, breadth 2-8 mm. 



Hah. — Springwood, N.S.W. (A single specimen in my collec- 

 tion taken in March.) 



Setalimorphus naxus, n.sp. 



Q. Elongate-oval ; prothorax suljcjuadrate ; elytra striate, 

 interstices flat, third unipuuctate ; metasternal episterna very 

 short. 



Black, shining ; legs, antenna; and mouth-parts reddish-piceous. 

 Head convex, not constricted into a neck behind eyes ; front 

 strongly bi-impressed ; the impressions wide apart, diverging back- 

 wards ; vertex not transversely impressed ; eyes hemispherical, 

 prominent, hardly enclosed behind by orbit. Prothorax sub- 

 quadrate (1-8 X 2 mm.), widest before middle, depressed, gently 

 declivous on each side to anterior angles ; sides hardly rounded, 

 a little narrowed to anterior angles, very little narrowed to base ; 

 anterior angles wide, marked, not advanced ; base subtruncate, 

 hardly emarginate across peduncle ; basal angles rectangular : 

 lateral border fine, ending behind at basal angles ; median line 

 linear, lightly mai'ked, extending to base ; two light basal impres- 

 sions on each side ; the interior about half-way between median 

 line and margin, narrow, deep ; the other lightly marked, wide, 



