BY T. G. SLOANE. 415 



Hah. -N.S.W. : Exeter (H. J. Carter). Colls. Carter and 

 Sloane. 



Allied to N. rugitarsis SI., but differing by darker colour; 

 wider prothorax; humeral angles of elytra more strongly marked, 

 etc. 



Note. — N. bodece and A r . rugitarsis may be varieties of one 

 variable species, but with the materials I have, without any con- 

 necting form, I prefer to consider them closely allied, but distinct 

 species. Mr. Carter found this species common at Exeter, and 

 through his kindness I have been able to examine an extensive 

 series of specimens. This species is dedicated to Miss Bode, who 

 first found it. 



6. NOTONOMUS RUGITARSIS, n.sp. 



Elliptical, parallel, depressed. Prothorax quadrate ; basal 

 angles obtuse; posterior marginal puncture distant from basal 

 angle : elytra truncate-oval, strongly striate; interstices convex, 

 third 4- or 5-punctate ; humeral angles dentate : tarsi longi- 

 tudinally striolate on upper surface; fifth joint setulose beneath. 

 Head and under surface black ; disc of pronotum and elytra 

 purple-black; pronotum with golden-green or coppery margins on 

 sides and base; elytra with ninth interstice and lateral channel 

 cupreous; tibiae, tarsi, and antennae piceous-red. 



Head convex, moderate in size(3 - 6mm. across eyes); front 

 strongly bi-impressed behind clypeus; eyes prominent. Prothorax 

 a little broader than long (5 X 5*3 mm.), widest before middle, 

 wider across base (4-2 mm.) than apex (3'8mm.); sides very lightly 

 rounded, gently narrowed posteriorly; basal angles obtuse; border 

 widely reflexed posteriorly; posterior marginal puncture placed 

 considerably before base on inner side of lateral channel; lateral 

 basal impressions deep, elongate; lateral basal spaces convex. 

 Elytra truncate-oval (11*5 x 6*5 mm.), rather depressed behind 

 scutellum; interstices roundly convex, eighth wider than ninth 

 on basal half, tenth narrow, extending forward to the posterior 

 third of elytra; lateral apical sinuosities strongly developed; basal 

 border raised and dentate at humeral angles; lateral border widely 

 reflexed. Intercoxal declivity of presternum flat, of mesosternum 



