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strongly toothed. Nitid; head, prothorax and under parts black; 

 elytra virescent, metallic. 



Head hirge, convex (3-2 mm. across eyes). Prothorax subcordate 

 (3*5 X -l:*l mm.), narrower at base (3-2 mm.) than apex (3-5 mm.); 

 sides lightly rounded anteriorly, obliquely narrowed to base, sub- 

 sinuate just before base ; anterior margin lightl}^ emarginate ; 

 anterior angles obtuse, bordered; base truncate; basal angles sub- 

 rectangular, obtuse at summit; border narrow; posterior marginal 

 puncture a little within basal angle ; lateral basal impressions 

 narrow at bottom, elongate. Elytra oval (9 2 x 5 5 mm.), widest 

 behind middle, a little narrowed to base; basal border lightly arcuate 

 on posterior margin, obtusely but decidedly raised above lateral 

 border at humeral angles; strise on disc very finely impressed, on 

 lateral declivit}^ obsolete, eighth strongly impressed; third inter- 

 stice 2-punctate on apical half. Length 15, breadth 5*5 mm. 



Hab. — Vic. : Near the mouth of the Gellibrand River (Sloane). 



Allied to K. molefhts, Chaud., but differing by its smaller size, 

 less robust and convex form; prothorax proportion atel}^ longer, 

 less rounded on the sides, with basal angles more rectangular, etc. 



NoTONOMUS CHALYBEUS, Dejean. 



Feronia chalyhea, Dej., Spec. iii. p. 234; F. j^hilippi, Newm., 

 EntomoL, 1842, p. 401; Fer, (JVoionojuus) chal7/bea. Chaud., Bull. 

 Mosc. 1865, ii. p. 90 ; Fe7\ [Percus) bipuiicfafa, Casteln., Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. Yict. 1868, p. 221. 



Elongate-oval, robust. Black, elytra chalybeous. Head rather 

 large (3*8 mm. across eyes) ; frontal impressions well marked, 

 divergent posteriorly; eyes prominent; postocular part of orbits 

 two-thirds the size of eyes, rising sharply from head. Prothorax 

 broader than long (4-5 x 5-5 mm.), widest before middle, lightly 

 narrowed to base; sides lightly rounded, narrowed anteriorly in 

 a curve and posteriorly subobliquely; base wider (4-1 mm.) than 

 apex (3-8 mm.); truncate, curving a little forward on each side near 

 angles; basal angles obtuse, lightly marked , posterior marginal 

 puncture interrupting border at basal angles; lateral basal im- 

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