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three elevated ridges on each side of the suture, extending the 

 whole length of the retuse portion, all minutely granulate, the 

 central one the widest. Undersurface of body piceous-red, 

 minutely punctate and hairy. Legs testaceous, thin and flat, 

 thighs moderately shining, tibiae hairy, much flattened, especially 

 the four posterior, minutely punctate and dentate, tarsi clear, 

 shining, and thread-like ; antenna? clear testaceous. Length 

 3 mm. 



Tarn worth and Armidale. 



The specimen I have from Armidale has the medial line on the 

 head more distinctly marked, with the retuse portion of the elytra 

 hairless and the granulated ridges more distinct. 



I also obtained the following species at Tamworth : — 



Rhizo2)ertha elongahda, Mack, Mast. Cat. No. 3643. 



E. gibbicoUis, Mack, Mast. Cat. No. 3644. 



Apate Liu'U, Blackb., P.L.S.N.S.W. 1889, p. 1263. 



BoslrycJius jesuita, Fabr., Mast. Cat. No. 3641. 



B, bispinosus, Mack, Mast. Cat. No. 3639. 



/?. cijlindricus, Mack, Mast. Cat. No. 3040. 

 This last also at Gosford and Sydney. 



