T^Y IT. J. CARTKH. 



711 



differs from all described species in the combination of strongly 

 pilose body, robust form, coarse and irregular punctures of pro- 

 notum, and an elytral sculpture siii generis. In my Table of 

 the genus (Trans. Boy. ?oc. S. Aust., 1914, p.388), it should 

 follow D. hirsiita Cart. Type in Coll. Carter. 



Omolipus cceruleus, n.sp. 



Oval, convex, upper surface and abdomen nitid blue; pro- 

 sternum, legs, and tarsi black, antennae with basal joints blue, 

 apical joints opaque V)lack. (Pronotum sometimes purplish). 



/lead finely and densely punctate, epistomal area depressed, 

 rounded in front, limited behind by 

 arcuate suture, antennae with joints 

 strongly widened to apex, the last four 

 joints wider than the rest, eleventh 

 elongate-ovate. Prolhorax 2 x 2^mm., 

 very convex, base and apex subtrun- 

 cate, widest, in front of middle, sides 

 rather straightly narrowed behind, 

 anterior angles depressed and rounded, 

 posterior angles obtuse; basal margin 

 raised, lateral margins not evident 

 from above, disc very finely and closely 

 punctate without medial line. Scu- 

 tellum very small and transverse. 

 Elytra oval, convex, of same width as 

 prothorax at base, and twice as long; 

 striate-punctate, the strife clearly de- 

 fined throughout, the punctures therein round and fairly regular, 

 those in sutural region less evident than in the exterior striae, 

 intervals (especially near suture) convex and microscopically 

 punctate. Prosternal intercoxal process small, not produced, 

 abdomen very finely and closely punctate. Dimensions : 7-8 x 

 21-3 mm. 



7/a6.— King River, Northern Territory (W. McLennan). 



Three specimens (one, I think, ^) sent from the National 

 Museum, Melbourne, labelled as above. The species is clearly 



Text-fig. 5. 

 OmoUpus cn^ruhuf<, n.sp. 



