BY EUSTACE W. FERGUSON. 535 



neatje, apice rotundatse, Isevissjma?, glaberrimae, iiitidae,emerguiit." 

 The figure of the anal excavation shows the presence of forceps 

 and lamina? (both labelled as laminae), and these structures are of 

 the type met with in the species with a gular horn. The figure 

 of the species is more like that of a member of the F Ampremsa- 

 group. In the event of such proving to be the case, it would be 

 necessary to name this present species P. reticulata ^Q\.%ik,yh\3X 

 until the type can be examined it may be better not to do so. 



PsALiDURA RUFOLINEATA W. Macleay, loc. cit., p. 203. 



(J. Size moderate, of an oblong elongate form, convex. Elack, 

 elytral granules red; very sparingly clothed with minute grey 

 scales. Head and rostrum as in P. mirabilis, gular horn present. 

 Prothorax(7 x 7 mm.), rounded on sides, widest in front of middle, 

 apex strongly produced; disc feebly depressed, finely granulate, 

 the granules finer and closer together than in F. 7nirabilis, larger 

 at sides and along collar-constriction. Elytra(15 x 9 mm,), feebly 

 rounded on sides, base feebly arcuate, shoulders thickened but 

 not tuberculiform; regularly foveo-striate, foveas moderately 

 distinct, smaller and closer together, and separated by less con- 

 spicuous rugae than in F. Coxi; interstices regular, the third, fifth, 

 and seventh more conspicuous and rather more coarsely granulate, 

 tending in places to be duplicated; the others finely granulate, 

 all the interstices reaching to the base, the fourth becoming 

 obsolete posteriorly. Anal excavation deep, the preanal fossa 

 deeply sunken, fascicles widely separated. Forceps strong, 

 slightly longer than in F. mirahilis, transverse at base, the 

 laminae not quite meeting, their apices projecting backwards. 

 Dimensions : (J, 22 x 9; 9, 20 x 9 mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales; Newcastle district, Hunter River 

 (Macleay Museum). 



Very close to F. Coxi and F. mirabilis, of either of which it 

 might perhaps be regarded as an extreme variety. The chief 

 points of difference from F. Coxi are its smaller size, and its finer 

 prothoracic granulation and elytral sculpture. TFlese differences, 

 however, though evident between typical specimens, are less 



