1*4 H. I. Carter: 



seriate punctures lai'ge, round and regular, intervals convex, finely 

 and closely punctate, and rather coarsely transversely rugose. 

 Underside with sternum coarsely, abdomen finely punctate. 



Dimensions. — 7.5 x 3 mm. 



Habitat. — Queensland. 



1 find two specimens both * in nry collection, which differ 

 markedly from the common depressiusculus, Mad., in the darker and 

 stouter antennae, less convex and more elongate prothorax, the 

 strongly rugose and convex elytral intervals, with much larger 

 seriate punctures, and almost hairless surface. Type in the author's 



coll. 



Scaletomepus, Blackb. 



Otys, Champ. 



1 tt Body glabrous, tibiae unarmed 



2 5 Upper surface more or less concolorous, antennae ferruginous 



3 J 1 with ventral segment deeply foveate, fore and mid tibiae 



dilated, eyes pale harpaloides, Blackb 



4 $ with ventral segment lightly impressed, tibiae not dilated, 



eyes black proximus, Blackb 



(Otys) harpaliirus. Champ 



5 Elytra more deeply striate, intervals more clearly punctate than 



in 4 i-pallens, Champ 



■6 Head, prothorax and antennae black, elytra and legs testaceous 



bicolor, n.sp. 

 7 Body pilose, protibiae dentate, post tibiae dilated, sinuate and 



grooved larmatus, Champ 



The species of this genus are very closely allied. As stated above. 



S. proximus, Blackb. =5. (otys) harpalinus, Champ, (fide H. K 

 Blair). Having examined co-types of harpaloides and proximus in 

 the Blackburn collection, the only distinction I can make out 

 clearly lies in the colour of the eyes, black in proximus, pale in 

 harpaloides. There is also a slight enlargement of the pro and 

 meta tibiae in the cT of harpaloides; but I am not sure of 

 having seen both sexes of pro rim us, in which the tibiae of cf are 

 simple, according to Blackburn, while Champion states of 0. har- 

 palinus, " anterior and intermediate tibiae sinuous within." Otys 

 pattern was described from a single mutilated specimen. It is 

 possible that the first four names in the above table are merely 

 varietal forms of one widely distributed species. I have specimens 

 of proximus, taken by myself near Sydney. A specimen taken also 

 by me at Cottesloe (near Perth, W.A.) differs from all the above, 



1 Species tubulated from description only. 



