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to distinguish this species from M. punctatostriatus, Cand., except 

 the presence of very well defined bright red spots at the base of 

 the elytra which seem to be constant ; M. Candeze particularises 

 that M. punctatostriatus has " no red spots at the base of the 

 elytra." 



Victoria ; Alpine district. 



MONOCREPIDIUS TERR^-REGIN^, sp.nOV. 



Minus angustus, postice angustatus ; subnitidus ; pube fulva 

 vestitus ; ferrngineus, metasterno elytrisque infuscatis, scu- 

 tello et elytrorum parte antica declivi rufescentibus, antennis 

 (harum articulo S*^ quam 5"^ parum, quam 4"® manifesto, 

 breviori) palpis pedibusque testaceis ; prothorace confer- 

 tissime sUbaspere punctulato (puncturis certo adspectu 

 strigas longitudinales formantibus), postice in medio canali- 

 culato antice longitudinaliter obsolete carinato, angulis 

 posticis bicarinatis, leviter divergentibus ; elytris quam 

 prothorax vix latioribus, ad apicem vix emarginatis, punc- 

 tulato-striatis, puncturis in striis antice sat magnis postice 

 fere obsoletis, interstitiis convexis subtiliter punctulatis ; 

 prosterno in medio sat fortiter vix crebre punctulato, latera 

 versus sequali, suturis prosternalibus sat rectis; pronoti carina 

 laterali haud in prosternum deflexa; tarsorum lamella sat 

 lata. 

 Mas (?) latet. 



Feminfe (?) antennis prothoracis basin nullomodo attingentibus ; 

 prothorace quam trans angulos posticos latiori paullo longiori. 



[Long. 8, lat. 2^^^ lines. 

 Not very near any described species, I think ; a robust, dark red 

 insect with the external carina of the hind angles of the prothorax 

 elongate and diverging (from the lateral margin) from the apex of 

 the angle forward. The longitudinally strigose appearance of the 

 pronotum is a strong character, as also is its appearance of being 

 slightly carinate down the middle in the front half. 

 N. Queensland ; presented to me by C. French, Esq. 



