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fortiter trans versis, thorace paulo longioribus et multo latioribus, 

 fortiter sat dense, vix circa scutellum minus, punctatis ; abdominis 

 segmentis 2-5 parum dense sat subtilite.- punctatis, 6.° vix alutaceo ; 

 £ segmento 6.° supra apice patellatim anguste truncato, patella 

 extus parum profunde excisa, spina elongata, acuta, extus inci- 

 suram protensa. Long. 2 mm. (Fvl.) 

 Sydney, New South Wales. 



20. Brachida. 



Mulsant and Key, Brev., p. 4, pi. 2, tig. 14-18 (1871). 



I have not been able to obtain access to the description of this 



genus. Its three-jointed labial palpi appear to distinguish it from 



Gyrophaena. 



82. Brachida suturalis. 



Brachida suturalis, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. XIII. , p. 570 

 (1878). 



Brevis, crassa, latiuscula, sat nitida, sat dense subtiliter flavo 

 pubescens, abdomine parce piloso, tota rufo testacea, capite segmen- 

 torumque 5-6 cingulo infuscatis ; antennis brevibus, tenuibus, circa 

 apicem vix incrassatis, articulo 1.° crassiore, 2.° 3.°que angustiori- 

 bus, aequalibus, elongatis, 4.° brevi, transverso, 5-10 latioribus, 

 brevissimis; capite parum dense subtilissime, thorace paulo densius 

 foL'tiusque, elytris sat fortiter nee densius, vix squamoso, punctatis : 

 capite magno, transverso, subconvexo, oculis magnis ; thorace 

 basi duplo latiore quam longiore, a basi ad apicem arcuatim sat 

 fortiter angustato, basi ntrinque sinuato, convexo, aequali, angulis 

 anticis rotundatis, posticis obtusis ; elytris thorace paulo longiori- 

 bus, vix latioribus, sat convexis, apice medio et utrinque circa 

 angulos sinuatis ; abdomine lato, brevi, subparallelo, elytris parum 

 angustiore, segmentis 2-3 crebrius subtilius, 4-6 parce fortius 

 punctatis, 6.° apice late flavo ; £ elytris circa scutellum vix 

 torulosis, sutura media 4 vel 5 catenulatim crenosa, segmento 

 6.° medio denticulo longitudinal] ter parum elevato instructo. 

 Long. 2 J mm. {Fvl.) 



9 latet. 



Adelaide, South Australia. 



