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8(7) Elytra infuscate at base, ante-apical black area extending foi- 



wanl to shoulders along interstices 6-8 hifn.^cata SI. 



n((}) Length 6-7 '5 mm., (pattern as in corficalis) ■■^naris Blackb. 



10(8) Prothorax and elj'tra piceous (or black) with wide testaceous 



lateral margins hietuof^a Newni. 



11(2) Elj'^tra with humeral angles raised and prominent hnmerata SI. 



12(1) Prothorax with basal angles more or less obtuse; base more or 

 less oblique on each side, median lobe wide, not prominent. 



18(18) Elytra with apical curve short, hardly sinuate on each side. 



14(17) Elytra testaceous on basal half and with a transverse ante- 

 apical black fascia. 



li)(16) Ante-apical black fascia wide and continuous across interstices 



1-8 mastersi Macl. 



16(1.">) Ante-apical black fascia interrupted on sixth interstice, its 



lateral parts narrow on interstices 6-8 pallida Macl. 



17(14) Elytra M'ith posterior black area extending forward to shoulders 



on interstices 6-9. Length, 5 "6-6 mm h/ackhnrn / SI . 



18(13) Elj'tra with apical curve gently oblique, decidedly sinuate on 

 each side, apex truncate-emarginate at extremities of three 

 inner interstices obtMfia SI. 



Note, — S. dimidiataMa,c\., is the only typical Australian species 

 of the genus Sarothocrepis unknown to me in nature. From the 

 description, it is allied to S. corticcdis Fabr. aS'. infuscata SI., I 

 now look upon as a distinct species. I do not yet know how to 

 differentiate satisfactorily Lehiomorpha from Sarothrocrepis. 

 Chaudoir named Lebia benefica Newm., and L. civica Kewm., as 

 typical species of Lehiomorpha; and Blackburn founded Eclroma 

 on L. civica. Two extra-Australian species of Sarothrocrepis 

 have been described by Jordan, viz., S. himaculata (Sumbawa), 

 and S. m-nigra (Tenimber). Cf. Nov. Zool., i., 1894, p. 106. 



Sarothrocrepis obtusa, n.sp. 

 (J. Oval, depressed. Prothorax transverse (2x3-2 mm.), 

 rounded on sides: base lightly bisinuate, basal angles obtuse. 

 Elytra oval (7x5 mm.), striate; interstices depressed: apical 

 curve oblique on each side, lightly emarginate at extremity of 

 .three inner interstices of each elytron. Testaceous, elytra with 

 three black marks on apical half a little before apex-sutural 

 mark large, triangular; anterior margin (base) extending to outer 

 edge of fifth interstice, excised on second and fourth interstices: 



