840 REMARKS ON AUSTRALIAN PTINID^. 



punctate-striate, the interstices narrow, with a few fine irregular 

 punctures ; the basal margin somewhat raised. Underside 

 coloured as above. Legs pale castaneous. Length 2| mm. 



New South Wales. 



Allied to the common South Australian Diplocotes Howittanns, 

 Westw. (Thes. Ent. Oxon. pi. 3, fig. 6) but diflfers in having its 

 strongly constricted prothorax provided with a deep fovea on the 

 disc behind the middle and its elytra more ovate, rather less 

 strongly punctate-striate and very finely pubescent. 



