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$ Differs in having,' the UR'tastfrnuiii ruthoi- inoro (.'onvex, and 

 front tibiae thinner, with the legs in general somewhat shorter. 



f/ah. — N. S. Wales : Tweed River (Macleay Museum and A. M. 

 Lea); Clarence River, Tamworth (Lea). 



Allied to (/iilosiis, and with the front tibiae also inflated in the 

 male; but liead and jiruthorax paler, size slightly smaller and 

 clothing sparser, etc. .Smaller than the pale form of denfivenfris, 

 and pruthorax different at l)ase. Wider than rlvularis and pro- 

 thoraeic impressions and colours different. Narrower than depre$- 

 sns and yrijfitlti, elytra less depressed, and different at base, and 

 prothoracic foveae different. 



The colour of the upper surface is usually of a uniform dingy 

 castaneous, but on some specimens the elytra (suture excepted) 

 are slightly paler than the prothorax and head. The seventh joint 

 of the antennae is somewhat larger than the sixth, but is slightly 

 shorter and conspicuously narrower than the eighth. The pro- 

 thoracic foveae are connected by an impression that is not very 

 distinct, although traceable, from some directions, but very dis- 

 tinct, and apparently deep, from others. 



Sci/dmaeuus usitatus, n.sp. 



Of a rather bright reddish-castaneous, elytra sometimes slightly 

 paler than head and prothorax; legs and palpi flavous. Elytra 

 with fairly numerous but rather short, suberect pale hairs; pro- 

 thorax rather densely clothed at sides; head with a distinct but 

 rather loose fascicle on each side of base. 



Head moderately transverse; feebly bilobed between antennae. 

 Eyes small and prominent. Antennae moderately long; club con- 

 spicuously four- jointed. Prothorax slightly longer than wide, base 

 bifoveate. Elytra moderately long, at extreme base the width of 

 prothorax, but about once and one-half as wide across middle, sides 

 moderately and regularly rounded. Legs moderately long; hind 

 coxae moderately separated; front tiljiae with apical half some- 

 what inflated. Length, 1| mm. 



$ Differs in having the metasteriium more strongly convex; legs 

 somewhat shorter, and front tibiae less inflated towards-apex. 



Ilah. — -Tasmania : Stanley, in tussocks at summit of " Nut." 

 Hobart, in moss, Waratah, (A. M. Lea.) 



From the preceding species distinguished by having elytra de- 

 cidedly narrower, with the hind coxae more noticeably separated; 

 the clothing and prothoracic sculpture are also not the same. It 



