BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 637 



slightly before the middle; base widely and strongly lobate; apex 

 bordered, very lightly and widely emarginate in middle; sides 

 widely margined, the margin more explanate and forming a well 

 marked but obtuse angle at widest part; the place of the posterior 

 angles indicated by a slight wide dilatation of the margin a little 

 nearer the basal lobe than the lateral angle; median line finely 

 impressed. Elytra oval (3-8 x 2-5 mm.), convex, finely striate, 

 minutely shagreened; shoulders widely rounded; humeral angles 

 not marked; sides subparallel, lightly narrowed to the subobliquely 

 truncate apex; striae finely punctate under a lens; interstices 

 depressed, 1st narrow, 2nd wide, depressed, 3rd a little raised, 3- 

 punctate (anterior puncture near 3rd stria opposite posterior 

 extremity of basal striole of Ist interstice, 2nd about middle of 

 length near 2nd stria, posterior about midway between 2nd and 

 apex near 2nd stria), 9th narrow, seriate-punctate; marginal 

 channel narrow, reflexed; border and inflexed margin testaceous 

 on sides. Length 5*8, breadth 2-5 mm. 



Hah. — Q. : Mackay (sent by Mr. Turner to Mr. French, from 

 whom I received it; Coll. Sloane). 



Genus S c o p o d e s. 



The Australian and Tasmanian species of Scopodes known to 

 me may be tabulated as under : — 



A. Prothorax with anterior angles not marked. 



B. Prothorax with two setigerous marginal punctures on each side. 

 C. Prothorax with posterior marginal seta on each posterior angle. 

 D. Prothorax wide between posterior angles, these explanate but not 

 dentiform. 



e. Black ^S*. tasmaninis, Bsites. 



ee. Head and prothorax bronzy, elytra dull bronze with sericeous - 



black patches S. rimosicollis, SI. 



DD. Prothorax with posterior angles dentiform. 



/. Black S. boojys, Erichs. 



ff\ Metallic (of a bronzy hue) ) S. sigillatm, Germ. 



^ \S. Jlavipe^, Blkb. 



CC. Prothorax with posterior marginal seta on a small dentiform pro- 

 minence about half-way between anterior seta and base, (Pro- 

 thorax strongly narrowed to base; each elytron trifoveate). 



