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LOXANDRUS BRUNNEUS, 11. Sp. 



Elliptical-oval, depressed. Head small, eyes small, depressed, 

 distant from buccal fissure; prothorax quadrate-cordate, basal 

 angles not marked; elytra depressed on disc, strongly punctate- 

 striate, scutellar striole wanting, 3rd interstice unipunctate a little 

 before middle near 2nd stria. Reddish-brown, iridescent. 



Head small (1-7 mm across eyes), nitid, leevigate; vertex con- 

 vex: front rather depressed, without interantennal impre.ssious; 

 sides swollen and lightl}^ narrowed posteriorly behind eyes. Pro- 

 thorax nitid, broader than long (2 -5 x 2*8 mm.), depressed, lightly 

 declivous to sides on anterior two-thirds; sides lightly arcuate, 

 lightly and obliquely narrowed to base (2-15 mm.), more strongly 

 and roundly narrowed to apex (1-9 mm.) : apex emarginate; 

 anterior angles lightly advanced, obtuse; basal angles not marked; 

 posterior marginal seta free of border at basal angle; border 

 narrow on sides, very fine but entire on apex and base; median 

 line finely impressed; lateral basal impressions long, linear. Elj^tra 

 oval (5*6 X 3*5 mm.), depressed, strongly declivous on sides from 

 6th interstice and to apex; apex rounded without lateral sinu- 

 osities; lateral border rather widely reflexed; stride strongly im- 

 pressed, closely punctulate ; interstices nitid, lightly convex, 

 strongly so and narrow near apex, 9th seriate-punctate, the 

 punctures widely placed along sides. Prosternum with episterna 

 finely punctulate; intereoxal part small, finely bordered on base, 

 rounded on basal declivity; mesosternum with intereoxal declivity 

 deeply concave; episterna closely punctate; metasternum punc- 

 tate on each side near basal angle; episterna closely punctate. 

 Ventral segments punctate, the puncturation strong and close on 

 basal segments, becoming finer towards apex near sides, and finer 

 or obsolete in middle of segments. Length 9-10, breadth 

 3-3-3-6mm. 



Hab. — N.S.W. : Darling River (Wilcannia; Helms, Coll.SIoane). 



A very distinct species differentiated at once from all other 

 described Australian species by its brownish colour. Its affinity 

 is to L. fuicans, Blkb., and these two species form a very distinct 



