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crebre sat fortiter punctulatis; illo supra antennarum basin 

 niodice reflexo; oculis quam antennarum articuli basal is 

 longitucline paullo magis inter se remotis ; sulcis ocularibus 

 nuUis; antennis quam corporis dimidium vix longioribus, 

 apicem versus baud incrassatis, articulo 3° quam 5"'^ mauifeste 

 longiori ; prothorace quam longiori (et postice quam antice) 

 fere duplo latiori, antice sinuatim leviter emarginato, a basi 

 antrorsum arcuatim angustato, basi media manifeste lobata, 

 angulis d^nticis acutis posticis obtusis; elytris fortiter 

 punctulato-striatis, interstitiis sat convexis manifeste punctu- 

 latis ; prosterno medio antice concavo ; metasterno medio 

 manifeste nee crebre nee fortiter, abdomine antice magis 

 fortiter magis crebre, punctulatis : femoribus anticis antice 

 manifeste punctulatis; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali 

 quam ceteri conjuncti paullo breviori. 



[Long. 3, lat. 14 lines. 

 This species seems to be near A. minutus, Pasc, which however 

 is described as much smaller (long. 2\ lines) and as having its 

 prothorax "finely" punctured ; the prothoraxof the present insect 

 is more strongly sculptured than in almost any other Amarygmus 

 that I have seen. 



A. QUEENSLANDICUS, Sp.nov. 



Ovalis ; supra minus, subtus magis, nitidus ; niger, elytris 

 obscure cyaneis, tarsis rufis ; capite sat crebre sat subtiliter 

 punctulato, supra antennarum basin modice reflexo ; oculis 

 quam antennarum articuli basalis longitudine vix magis inter 

 se remotis ; sulcis ocularibus nullis ; antennis quam corporis 

 dimidium haud multo brevioribus, apicem versus parum 

 incrassatis, articulo 3° quam 5*^^ multo longiori ; prothorace 

 quam longiori tribus partibus (postice quam antice circiter 

 duabus partibus) latiori, perspicue sat crebre punctulato, 

 antice emarginato, a basi antrorsum arcuatim angustato, basi 

 media sublobata, angulis bene determinatis obtusis (anticis 

 subacuminatis) ; elytris fortiter striatis, striis punctulatis (vel 

 potius lateraliter crenulatis), interstitiis sat convexis (postice 



