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ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 11. N:0 o. 



joint shows a tendency of being enlarged. Labium convex, 

 with scattered fine spöts and a fovea-like impression in the 



centre near the anterior edge, but 

 no sign of a »Lippenschild)i>, that 

 generally can be found in the 

 species of the eastern hemisphere. 

 Prothorax with a deep median line, 

 that ends before it reaches the ant- 

 erior edge. The furrow near the 

 side is broad, opaque from numer- 

 ous small tubercules; it commenc- 

 es at the back edge opposite the 

 third interstice of elytra and contin- 

 ues round the eorner, communic- 

 ates with the lateral mark (»Narbe») 

 which consists of large deep punct- 

 ures and ends at the anterior margin half-way between the 

 anterior angle and the median line which latter stops short 

 of the anterior edge. Elytra are slightly depressed, the five 

 internal interstices glossy, the five externa! ones opaque and 

 delicately reticulated, with a clearly defined and regular row 

 of sunk spöts between; the interstices 2 — 7 join together in 

 front of the apex and form a protruding part. On the ventral 

 side most parts are glossy: prosternum between the first pair 

 of cox8e, mesosternum in its median parts, and the ventral 

 segments are more or less opaque, metasternum on a broad 

 patch near its anterior margin thickly and strongly punct- 



Fig. o. Austropassalus Hult 

 greni Mjöb. n. g. n. sp. 



Fig. 6. Head of Austro- 

 passalus Hultgreni Mjöb. 

 n. g. n. sp. 



Fig. 7. Sculpture of 

 the externa I inter- 

 stices of elj^tra of 

 Austropassalus Hult- 

 greni Mjöb. n. g. 

 n. sp. 



ured, and hairy. On the hind parts there are also some 

 strong punctures. Episterna increase in width towards their 

 hinder part, are coarsely sculptured and hairy. 

 Length 28—34 mm. Breadth 9 — 11 mm. 



