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more suddenly finer about the middle. The absence of a longitu- 

 dinal sulcus and the much less cariniform elytral interstices inter 

 alia separate it widely from austral is. Its much more parallel 

 form distinguishes it from several of the preceding species, and 

 the much closer puncturation of its pronotum from others. Its 

 nearest ally is A. goyderensis, Blackb., from which it differs by 

 the granulation of its head much finer and not extending to the 

 median portion of the disc, and by the puncturation of its pro- 

 notum considerably closer and finer in the front part. 

 N. Queensland (Mr. Koebele). 



A. (Ammoecius) semicoecus, Macl-C?). 



This name appears to be a misprint for "semicaecus." I have 

 before me a species from IST.W. Australia which I am disposed to 

 identify with it, since it agrees with the description fairly well, 

 and is from the same region. It differs from the description in 

 the tendency of the sides of the head to granulation, in the hind 

 angles of the prothorax being more obtuse than I should expect 

 from the phrase " nearly square," and in the elytra not 

 being conspicuously more "brownish" than tne pronotum. 

 It would not, however, be safe to treat this species as 

 distinct from semicoecus, especially as it agrees with the 

 description in its pronotum being "finely punctulate," more 

 finely and smoothly, indeed, than in any of its immediate allies. 

 Except for this last-named character the insect is very close to 

 A. consors, Blackb. 



A. COLORATUS, sp. nov. 



Minus angustus; modice parallelus; modice convexus; fere 

 glaber; minus nitidus; niger palpis an tennis pedibus elytrorumque 

 apice ferrugineis ; capite postice punctulato, antice et latera 

 versus subtilius plus minusve perspicue granulato, antice emar- 

 ginato ; sutura clypeali nulla; prothorace quam longiori ut 

 4 ad 3 latiori, subquadrato, supra sat aequaliter sat crebre vix 

 fortiter (postice magis fortiter, paullo minus crebre) punctulato, 

 lateribus leviter arcuatis, angulis omnibus obtusis, basi 

 infra superficiei planum marginata; scutello triangulari minus 

 elongato ; elytris striatis (striis leviter crenulatis), interstitiis 

 minus latis antice sat convexis postice angustis manifesto 



