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readily distinguishable by prothorax convex, deeply foveate on 

 each side of base; elytra with scutellar striole at base of first 

 interstice; undersurface punctate; posterior trochanters very 

 long. The elytra are not soldered together, therefore it seems a 

 winged form, but the underwings have not been seen, 



Gastkogmus ischialis, n.sp. 



Robust, oval, piceous-black. Head convex (2-1 ram. across 

 eyes); front faintly biimpressed; eyes large, convex, not distant 

 from buccal fissure. Prothorax convex, subquadrate(2-5 x 3mm.), 

 lightly rounded on sides (obliquely to base), vi^ider across base 

 (2'5 mm.) than apex (2*2 mm.); anterior angles not marked; base 

 truncate; basal angles subrectangular; a deep, wide, biimpressed 

 fovea on each side of base; a few punctures on inner side of 

 these foveaj; border lightly reflexed on sides, entire (wide in 

 middle) on apex, obsolete on middle of base; median line linear, 

 lightly impressed. Elytra oval (5-7 x 3*7 mm.), convex, declivous 

 to base on each side of peduncle, striate; inner striae crenulate, 

 seventh very faint, eighth obsolete except towards apex; inter- 

 stices depressed, first bearing at base an elongate crenulate striole, 

 third interstice 3-punctate along course of third stria, sixth, 

 seventh, and eighth interstices united in middle, eighth narrow 

 and convex on apical curve, ninth wide towards apex, its punc- 

 tures widely interrupted in middle; basal border finely dentate 

 at humeral angles; lateral border and channel narrow. Length, 

 9*5; breadth, 37 mm. 



Hab. — W.A.: Albany (Sloane). Unique in Coll. 81oane. 



A single specimen occurred to me on December 27th, 1914, 

 under a log, in a very damp place, beside a swamp, 2J miles west 

 of the town of Albany. 



Dakodilia cukta, n.sp. 



Robust, oval. Front bifoveate; prothorax orbiculate, biim- 

 pressed on each side of base; elytra truncate-oval, fully stiiate 

 on apical half, sixth and seventh striae obsolete towards base, 

 humeral angles prominent ; prosternum with episterna longi- 

 tudinally striolate Black, nitid. 



