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fortiter angustato, in medio longitudinaliter satfortiter cana- 

 licular, subtilius minus crebre punctulato, angulis posticis 

 parum divergentibus sat elongatis bicarinatis (carina interna 

 brevi subtilissima); elytris apice obscure emarginatis, striatis, 

 striis subtiliter punctulatis, interstitiis leviter convexis subti- 

 lius subcrebre subaspere punctulatis, corpore subtus (prosterno 

 in medio minus crebre subfortiter punctulato excepto, hoc ad 

 latera haud sulcato) creberrime subtiliter punctulato; antennis 

 metasterni medium fere attingentibus, articulo _3° quam 2 US 

 duplo longiori j tarsorum lamella sat lata. 



[Long. 5?, lat. 1J lines. 

 A very elongate species, distinguished from nearly all its 

 congeners by its bright well-defined colouring. In Dr. Candeze's 

 tabulation of the species of Monocrejridiits (Mon. des Elat., vol. ii.) 

 I am doubtful whether it would be placed among the species with 

 the posterior angles of the prothorax bicarinate (page 195) or 

 among those (page 196) in which the angles have only a single 

 carina (the inner carina being in this insect nearly but not quite 

 non-existent). If referred to the former group it would fall near 

 M. cerdo (p. 196), which is a much larger and very differently 

 coloured species ; in the latter group the simple flanks of the 

 prosternum would place it in a section to which M. Candeze did not 

 refer any Australian species. All the Australian Monocrepidii 

 described since the publication of M. Candeze's monograph seem 

 very unlike this species. At a glance the prothorax appears much 

 longer than wide, but by measurement the length down the 

 middle scarcely exceeds the width across the apices of the hind 

 angles. The non-sanguineous margins of the prothorax are widest 

 at the base, less so in front and very narrow at the sides. 

 Victoria ; Alpine district. 



MONOCREPIDIUS FRONTALIS, sp.llOV. 



Minus elongatus ; parum nitidus ; obscure griseo-pubescens ; 

 nigro- vel brunneo-piceus, pedibus abdominisque apice testa- 

 ceis, antennis palpisque testaceis vel piceo-testaceis ; pro- 

 thorace quam longiori vix (trans angulos posticos) angustiori, 



