by a. sidney olliff, f.e.s. 447 



55. Phloeopora gratiosa. 



Phloeopora gratiosa, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. XIII , p. 587 

 (1878). ' 



Inter omnes statura minima, colore corporis et punctura ely- 

 trornm parca maxime distincta ; sat depressa, parallela, nitida, 

 rnfo-testacea, parce flavo pubescens, elytris medio, capite praesertim 

 postice, elytrorum vitta basali transversa, medium non attingente, 

 piceolis ; segmento 5.° toto 4.°que apice nigerrimis, 6.° basi vix 

 infuscato ; antennis parum incrassatis, articulis 4-10 sensim paulo 

 brevioribus, transversis ; capite vix alutaceo, parce subtiliter, 

 tliorace densius subtilissime, elytris vage sat fortiter, abdomine 

 vage sat obsolete punctatis, segmento 6.° (*? £) praeter basim parce 

 asperato-punctato ; tliorace parvo, capite vix latiore, non trans- 

 verso, ante medium parum latiore, dein circa basim sat angustato, 

 angulis posticis indicatis, disco toto late sat obsolete depresso ; 

 elytris tliorace tertia parte laticribus et longioribus, quadratis ; 

 abdomine bis tertia fere parte angustiore, circa basim vix angus- 

 tiore, segmentis 2-4 profunde trans versim, 5.° minus impresso- 

 sulcatis ibique impunctatis. Long. 2 mm. (Fvl.) 



South Australia. 



12. Myrmedonia. 



Erichson, Kaf. Mark, I., p. 286 (1837) ; Lacordaire, Gen. Col. 

 II., p. 29. 



Mentum transverse, slightly emarginate in front. Ligula very 



short, broad, bilobed ; the lobes rounded. Paraglossa^ large, 



acuminate, glabrous on the inner side. Maxillary palpi with the 



3rd joint a little longer than the 2nd. Labial palpi 3-jointed, the 



2nd joint somewhat shorter than 1st and 3rd. Maxillae with the 



internal lobe membranous, corneous externally, terminating in 



three or four hooks ; the external lobe much longer, slender and 



corneous. Mandibles unarmed. Head rounded. Antennae 



robust, the 3rd joint longer than the 2nd, the apical joint often 



acuminate. Prothorax a little narrower than the elytra, with a 



transverse impression and a longitudinal furrow. Mesosternum 



rounded. Elytra slightly sinuate at the apex. Abdomen with 

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