BY A. SIDNEY OLLIFF, F.E.S. 419 



transversis, 11.° acuminata ; capite transverso non perspicue, 

 tliorace crebre subtilissime, elytris densius, paulo fortius vix 

 asperatim, abdomine segmentis 2-4 sat dense subtiliter, 5.° parcius, 

 6.° vage punctatis ; thorace vix transverso, subquadrato, lateribus 

 subparallelis, angulis posticis subobtusis, basi obsolete foveolato, 

 breviter vix sulcato ; elytris thorace sat latioribus, quarta parte 

 longioribus, planiusculis ; abdomine apice vix augustato ; £ 

 segmento 6.° supra apice subtruncato, subtilissime crenulato, extus 

 utrinque parum inciso, extus incisuram vix spinula subtilissima, 

 brevissima armato, subtus rotundatim sat producto. Long. 2 mm. 

 (Fvl) 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria. 



14. HOMALOTA PAVENS. 



Homalota pavens, Erichson, Kaf. Mark. I., p. 689 \ Sharp, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. 1869, p. 98 ; Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. XIII., 

 p. 578 (1878). 



linearis, corpore antico opaco, dense subtilissime punctato, 

 alutaceo, elytris antennisque fuscis, illis basi, palpis pedibusque 

 testaceis ; antennis elongatis, parum incrassatis, robustis, articulis 

 4-6 aequalibus, multo longioribus quam latioribus, 9-10 vix trans- 

 versis, 11° ovato, acuminato; capite suborbiculari, fronte obsolete 

 foveolata ; thorace vix longiore quam latiore, vix subcordato, late 

 sulcatulo, angulis posticis indicatis ; elytris thorace tertia fere 

 parte latioribus, non longioribus, magis perspicue punctulatis ; 

 abdomine segmentis 2-5 crebre omnium subtilissime punctulatis, 6.° 

 laeviusculo ; £ segmento 6.° medio carina longitudinali elevata, 

 segmenti apicem fere attingente, 7.° apice denticulis 4 obtusis 

 instructo. Long. 3| mm. (Fvl.) 



Victoria ; also found in Europe. 



Section 2. — Abdomen narrowed posteriorly. 



15. Homalota sordid a. 



Homalota sordida, Marsham, Ent. Brit. p. 514(1802); Fauvel 

 Anu. Mus. Genov. XIII. p. 576 (1878). 



