BY H. J. CARTER. 



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second and third combined, the claw-joint much the longest. 

 Posterior with basal joint as long as the rest together, claw-joint 

 shorter than that of the anterior or intermediate tarsi. Pro- 

 bably 9. 



^THALIDES PUNCTIPENNIS Bates. 



(Ent. Mo. Mag. x. 1873, p.50.) 

 It seems probable that Mr. Bates' locality, given as West Aus- 

 tralia, is incorrect. I have three specimens, two of which I 

 compared with Bates' type. These two were given me by Mr. 

 Sloane, without locality-labels, probably from Mulwala, Murray 

 River. I have since received a third specimen from Mr. Goudie, 

 taken at Birchip in N.W. Victoria; while two specimens in the 

 Macleay Museum are labelled Murray R. It is possible, but 

 improbable, that this genus has an extended range westward. 

 This genus and species were omitted from Mr. Masters' Catalogue. 



.(^THALIDES COSTIPENNIS, n.Sp. (Textfig. 4 ) 



Elongate-ovate, convex, prothorax dull black, elytra slightly 

 shining. 



: labrum emarginate, truncate, and closely setiferous; 

 epistoma truncate, not raised, and separated from 

 front by a well marked curved impression; antennal 

 orbits sinuousl}'- rounded, and little raised; front and 

 epistoma distinctly and not very closely punctulate. 

 Antennae : third joint as long as fourth and fifth 

 combined, joints 4-7 longer than broad, 8-10 almost 

 globular, 9th and 10th smaller than 8th, apical 

 joint longer than the tenth, ellipsoidal. Prothorax 

 transverse, length to width in the ratio 5 : 8, widest 

 at middle, wider at base than at apex (7 and 5 mm. 

 respectively), anterior angles prominent and obtuse, 

 sides rather widely rounded and a little explanate; 

 posterior angles obtuse and slightly deflected. Sides 

 and front angle strongly margined and reflexed, the 

 maririn becomino- obsolete at base and apex. Base 



Fig. 4. ° ° ^ 



widely lobed, this lobe emphasised by a trans- 

 se impression not far from base. Disc rather opaque 



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