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6. HOMALOTA MOLESTA, Sp. n. 



Moderately robust and convex, pitchy black, shining, rather 

 sparingly clothed with very fine fulvous pubescence ; head, 

 prochorax and elytra dark reddish castaneous, the latter somewhat 

 paler than the head or prothorax \ first two joints of the antennae 

 and the legs reddish testaceous. 



Hea.d transverse, very finely and closely punctured. Antennae 

 rather short, thickened towards the extremity, 4th joint slightly, 

 5th to 10th distinctly transverse. Prothorax finely and closely 

 punctured, with a distinct transverse foveolate impression in the 

 middle near the base ; the anterior angles rounded. Elytra 

 broader than the prothorax, finely, irregularly and densely 

 punctured, the external apical angles inclining to pitchy, the suture 

 slightly impressed at the base. Abdomen finely and sparingly 

 punctured. Legs pale testaceous. Length 21 mm. 

 Sydney, New South Wales. 

 Appears to be allied to the foregoing species. 



7. HOMALOTA CORIARIA. 



Homalota coriaria, Kraatz, Ins. Deutsch. II., p. 282 ; Sharp, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1869, p. 204; Fauvel. Ann. Mus. Genov. 

 X. p. 283 (1877) — Homalota australis, Jekel, Col. Jek. I. p. 47 

 (1873). 



Forma lata, brevi, convexa H. succicolae et trinotatae ; corpore, 

 praesertim capite thoraceque nitidis, his densissime obsolete, elytris 

 crebre subtilissime, abdomine subtiliter parce segmentis 2-5 

 punctatis, 6.° fere laevi ; nigra ; antennarum basi, elytris pedi- 

 busque squalide testaceis ; illis angulo apicali infuscatis ; antennis 

 robustis, brevibus, articulis 4-5, praesertim 6-10 fortiter trans- 

 versis ; capite thoraceque latis, hoc brevissimo, late excavato (£), 

 foveolato et subsulcato (<£), lateribus antice sat angustatis ; angulis 

 posticis rotundatis ; elytris amplis, thorace quarta parte latioribus, 

 tertia longioribus ; £ segmento 7.° supra leviter inciso, incisuram 

 extus sinuato, utrinque dentato. Long. 2 mm. (Fvl.) 



New South Wales ; Port Augusta, Nuriootpa, South Australia. 

 A cosmopolitan species. 

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