102 H. I. Garter: 



Dimensions. — 7 x '•> mm. 



Habitat. — Bridgetown, W.A. (the author), Champion Bay (Dubou- 

 lay, Brit. Mus.), Port Augusta. S.A. (Brit. Mus.), Port Lincoln, 

 S.A. (A. M. Lea), Ardrossan, S.A. (T. G. Tepper). 



Five specimens examined. I have been unable to see any sexual 

 distinctions, though I believe one specimen at least to be male. The 

 species is clearly distinguished by its shorter, wider prothorax, and 

 strongly pilose surface. Type in the author's coll. 



Notocistela, n. gen. 



Body ovate, elliptic, convex, prothorax cordate, elytra without 

 well-defined epipleurae, apterous; mandibles bifid at apex, mentum 

 very transverse, upper edge faintly three-sided, with slightly convex 

 middle lines, maxillary palpi, with last joint widely triangular, 

 with the apex as long as the other joints combined, labial palpi 

 with last joint subclavate (subquadrate, with rounded angles), elytra 

 with setiferous pustules on the intervals, fore and mid tibiae den- 

 tate in both sexes, posterior tibiae of cT enlarged, laminated and 

 hollowed as in Alcmeonis ; rest as in melaps. 



Notocistela tibialis, n. sp. 



Ovate, glabrous, head and prothorax subopaque black, elytra nitid 

 metallic black, underside pitchy red, oral organs, antennae and legs 

 red. Head moderately elongate, epistoma truncate in front with 

 rectangular angles, closely and strongly punctate and limited behind 

 by deep, straight suture, forehead densely subconfluently punctate 

 and a little rugose, eyes (from above), round and widely separated, 

 antennae rather long, setiferous, joint 2 half as long as 1, 3 con- 

 siderably longer than 4. 4-11 successively and gradually diminish- 

 ing in length, the apical three slightly attenuated. Prothorax sub- 

 cordate and convex, widest in front of middle, apex truncate, and 

 about as wide as the feebly arcuate base, very finely margined at 

 apex, more widely so at base, side margins not evident from 

 above, anterior angles defined and obtuse, sides rounded anteriorly, 

 slightly sinuately narrowed before the (from above) subrectangular 

 posterior angles, disc densely, subrugosely punctate as on forehead, 

 with a few sparse short hairs, without medial line or distinct 

 foveae. Scutellum transverse and convex. Elytra convex and 

 narrowly ovate, of same width as prothorax at base, shoulders 

 distinct, finely striate punctate, punctures in striae small, round 

 ami closely placed, intervals with general surface flat, the 3rd, 5th 



