12i8 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



lateralibus multo breviori, his coriaceis longitudinaliter leviter 

 striatis ; antennis brevibus, apicem versus articulis (ultimo 

 excepto) subquadratis ; clypeo antice convexo sat for titer reflexo ; 

 vertice convexo laivi ; prothoracis longitudine latitudini jequali 

 antice sat angustato, basi utrinque fovea (vix antice lineatim 

 producta) leviter impresso ; elytris sat fortiter convexis, striatis ; 

 striis internis antice sat fortiter impressis et distincte punctulatis, 

 lateralibus totis (omnibus postice) leviter impressis et vix punctu- 

 latis ; interstitio 3° 4-punctulato ; epistomatis alis antice baud 

 lateraliter dilatatis ; tibiis anticis extus tridentatis, dentibus acutis 

 sat elongatis. [Long. 6J, lat. l* lines. 



A much less elongate and less parallel species than S. procerus, 

 Putz., remarkable by the structure of the front of its clypeus, the 

 reflexed margin of the lateral wings being continued evenly all 

 across in a gentle arch as the front margin of the clypeus. The 

 lateral wings of the clypeus resemble those of ^S*. procerus, not 

 being prominent laterally at their apex (as they are in *S'. riigicep)S, 

 Macl., which M. Putzeys affirms to be his S. 2;/an?"c<979s) ; the 

 antennae however are considerably shorter than in that species, 

 joints 8-10 being little or not longer than wide ; while the pro- 

 thorax scarcely differs, being nevertlieless a trifle less narrowed 

 in front and having the impression on either side near the base 

 more like an oblong feeble fovea and scarcely produced forward as 

 an impressed line. The sculpture of the elytra closely resembles 

 that of S. proce7'us, though the stride are somewhat stronger and 

 the interstices a little more inclined to convexity, especially in 

 front. The anterior tibiae resemble those of S. procerus, but the 

 external teeth are distinctly longer (resembling the lower three in 

 S. rngiceps, Macl.), and the inner apical spine is slightly shorter 

 than in the female of that species ; the median tooth of the 

 mentum is evidently more pointed in front. 



The example before me appears to be a female ; it is likely that 

 in the male the inner apical spine of the anterior tibi^B is differently 

 formed, and the tibia itself narrower and less strongly dentate 

 externally. 



