BY H. J. CARTER. 



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shoulders rounded, the surface more depressed than in *S'. cylin- 

 dripenne; punctate-sulcate, all intervals subcarinately raised, the 

 sulci deep throughout, the punctures therein small and half- 

 hidden, intervals Isevigate; prosternum sparsely, abdomen very 

 finely punctate, meso- and metasterna Isevigate except on their 

 episterna, posterior tarsi with basal joint shorter than usual (as 

 long as the 2nd and 3rd combined). Dimensions^ 9*5 x 3 mm. 



Hah. — Port Darwin, North Australia. 



Two specimens, both I think (J, in Mr. Lea's collection. Com- 

 pared with S. cylhidripenne, the antennse and legs are darker, 

 the former much stouter, with joints of different proportions, pro- 

 thorax almost Ifevigate, tlie elytra more evenly and deeply sulcate, 

 the punctures therein smaller and half-hidden, and the form is 

 more depressed. Type in Coll. Lea. 



Strongylium punctithorax, n.sp. 



Elongate, cylindric, nitid-black, elytra with a reddish tinge, 

 oral organs, antennae, legs, and underside red. 



Head very densely and strongly punctate, shape as in ;S'. cylin- 

 dripenne, eyes of ^ close in front, space rapidly widening behind, 

 of 9 separated by a space greater than half 

 the diameter of an eye; antennae very slender 

 and short, the joints sublinear, 3 longer than 

 4, 5-7 successively shorter, 8-11 subequal. 

 r^^othorax less convex than in the two pre- 

 ceding specieSj the outline as in S. corruya- 

 tum except that the base is slightly sinuate, 

 and the sides with a slight incurving ten- 

 dency posteriorly, with the posterior angles 

 acute and a little produced, disc densely 

 punctate, the punctures round, deep, and 

 crowded; the basal and apical mai-gins of 

 nearly equal width, the former with a wide 

 transverse sulcus witiiin, terminated by rather large basal 

 fovese; also a shallow longitudinal sulcus near the extreme sides. 

 Sciitellum large, curvilinear-triangular, coarsely punctate. Elytra 

 wider than prothorax at base and three times as long, sub- 



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Fig. 5. 



S. pvnctithorax. 



