BY tt. J. CARTER. 703 



SaRAGUS SUBRETICULATUS, 11. sp. 



H'ltlier elongate-ovate, whole surface opaque black, sometimes 

 with a brownish indumentum, convex. 



Head: labruin prominent and ciliate, epistoina widely incurved 

 at middle of apex, very finely punctate, with short, adpressed, 

 brown hairs, forehead and cantlii forming a strongly arched 

 ridge, coarsely and closely punctate, separated from epistoina by 

 a deep arcuate suture; antennae stout, four apical joints trans- 

 verse. Prothorax arcuate-emarginate at apex, anterior angles 

 prominent and sharply rounded, base with small medial emar- 

 gination, rounded on discal portion, then sharply oblique to the 

 posterior angles, these acute and produced ; sides arcuately 

 widened from apex to base; subexplanate margins not separated 

 nor differentiated in sculpture from disc, these crenulate at base; 

 without any distinct border (as seen from above); disc finely 

 shagreened (under a strong lens seen to be loFigitudinally rugose); 

 medial depressifKi foveate, sornetimes continuous (but narrowed) 

 to apex but not to base, a short carina extending from base to 

 medial depression. SciUdbiiii transversely triangular. Elytra 

 subovate, the sides parallel to about half-way, and feebly crenu- 

 late, humeri obtuse, each elytron with two strongly raised narrow 

 and irregularly undulate carinas, these (in three examples) 

 towards apical declivity throwing off lateral (subreticulate) 

 ridges; apex itself rugose-punctate only; intervals irregularly 

 foveate-punctate, the sutural row only forming a distinct series; 

 suture not or very feebly raised. Underside finely longitudin- 

 ally rugose, the sides of prosternum with transverse ridges, 

 epipleurae coarsely punctate, tibiae rugose, the anterior armed 

 with a short, strong spur. Dimensions : 13x7^ mm. 



Hah. — King River, Northern Territory (W. McLennan). 



Four specimens, sent from the National Museum, Melbourne, 

 show a clear distinction from their allies, S. Uevicollis F., { = 1S. 

 reti'-ulatas Haag), S. intrioatus Champ., *S'. hiridus Haag, S. 

 crenidatus Macl., and S. clathratus MacL, all of which have three 

 elytral carime, and the elytral border entire, besides many other 

 differences. It is, perhaps, most like S. crenidatus Macl., in 



