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ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 11. N:0 3. 



The anterior coxse narrovvly separated by the prosternal pro- 

 cess, the intermediate coxse standing very close to each other, 

 but the mesosternal process is quite distinct. Metasternum 

 is deeply excised at its posterior margin, the excision contin- 

 ued by a glabrous furrow running towards the middle. There 

 is also a glabrous elongated spöt on each side of metaster- 

 num opposite to the posterior coxae. 



This species apparently belongs to the older and more 

 primitive forms among the Sagridce, Its resemblance to cer- 

 tain Longicorns is striking. — I have taken one single spec- 

 imen, probably a female, at Laura on Cape York Peninsula in 

 September, 1913. 



II. Subfam. Cassidiiiae. 



This subfamily is represented in Australia by 9 genera 

 and 31 species. The present material contains 31 specimens 

 representing 4 genera and 6 species, one of them being new. 

 The most interesting discovery is an Australian representat- 

 ive of the genus Psalidonota Boh., hitherto recorded only 

 from America in 11 species. It is also of interest to state 

 that one species has adapted itself to a life among the 

 white ants. 



1. Aspidomorpha deiista Fabr. — Numerous specimens 

 underneath the bark of trees at Alice River on the Cape 

 York Peninsula. September 1913. 



2. Aspidomorpha septemcostata Wgnr(?) (Fig. 11). — 

 I have before me a very typical spec- 

 ies with costate elytra that appears 

 to be very closely related to, if not 

 identical with, this species. The body 

 is more opaque than glossy. It has 

 the first five joints of the antennae 

 ferrugineous,and not only the three first 

 ones as Wagener's description says. 

 The prothorax is very broad and hardly 

 »semicircularis», and the dark side- 



Fig. 11. Aspidomorpha spot behind the middle more a less 

 septemcostata Wgnr(?) continuous with the dark middlc-fascia. 



