BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. +-HJ 



()uiictate, the puncturation lighter posteriorly ; the scutellar stviole 

 \ery short ; eighth interstice subcostate behind. 



Length 4, breadth 1-75 mm. 



IJal). — Bendigo, Victoria. (A single specimen in my collection 

 received from Mr. W. W. Froggatt, who took it at Bendigo.) 



This seems a very distinct species ; the absence of puncturaticm 

 across the middle of the prothorax near the base seems in itself 

 to separate it from all other described species; it is probal)ly 

 more allied to C. eyrensis, Blkb., than to any other known species. 



Cyclothorax punctatus, n.sp. 



Oval, rol)ust, convex; jDrothorax strongly punctate; elytra 

 punctate-striate. 



Reddish-brown, femora yellowish. Head strongly impressed 

 (jn each side between eyes ; three strongly impressed punctures on 

 each side a little behind frontal impressions ; eyes prominent, 

 globose. Prothorax transverse (0-75 x 1-15 mm.), widest and 

 dilatate a little before middle, shortly and decidedly narrowed in 

 front, more gently narrowed behind ; base evidently wider than 

 apex, oblique on each side near angles ; anterior angles not 

 marked ; liasal angles prominent ; lateral margin narrow, hardly 

 reflexed, median line wanting, whole upper surface covered with 

 strong punctures ; fovea near each basal angle lightly marked, 

 wide. Elytra broad (1'75 x 1-4 mm.), convex; five punctate 

 stria? on disc of each elytron ; sutural stria entire, others obsolete 

 on posterior declivity ; lateral declivity smooth ; margin as usual 

 in genus. Prosternum with episterna thickly and strongly 

 punctate ; mesosternal episterna punctate, short, wide ; metastei'- 

 num (with episterna) punctate. 



Length 2-9, breadth 1-4 mm. 



^a6.— Tirana District, N.S.W. 



A thoroughly distinct species, nothing resembling which has 

 hitherto been described ; its small size and the strong puncturation 

 of the whole of the pronotum and nearly all the under thoracic 

 parts show it to be thoroughly sni generis. I have found it in 

 considerable numbers under logs and the leaves of fallen saplings 



