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l)reakiiio^ mit at the sides on the upper edire of the epipleiirae ; a wide, 

 feeble, transverse elevation on each side of the scutellar reo;ion. Each 

 shoulder in the form of a raised epaulette, obtusely notched at its 

 apex and sculptured as on head : separated from the rest of elytra 

 by a deep, straight line; inwards from this line a raised subtriant^ular 

 space, with its tip close to the tip of the epaulette, the two points 

 ulmost meetin<; two points of each elytron behind them, between 

 which portion of the subl)asa.l dej)ression appears as a fovea. Under 

 xurfact shagreened, and with sculpture, except that it is finer, as on 

 head. }tetaxternnin with a narrow median line. I^('U^ l(*rij? : tibiae 

 strongly inflated, the intiated parts suddenly angular, and rapidly 

 decreasing in width at about the basal third. Length 2| n)m. 



Hdh. New South Wales : Hornsby, from a nest of Iridoniynnex, 

 sp. (('. (iibbons). 



In general appear.mce fairly close to fiirinincola, but the prothorax 

 with more distinct and ditYerent punctures (much as in variolosa) the 

 subscutellar and sul)humeral elevations somewhat diti'erent, and the 

 striation alone will readily distinguish the species from rariolo-ia. 



Ihe club, though large, is considerably smaller than in others of 

 the genus. The upper surface of the elytra is marked by tine longi- 

 tudinal striae (except towards the base) ; but on the epipleurae the 

 striae are deep, and are all directed towards the outer edge of the 

 subbasal depression. Although when seen directly from above the 

 ajjex of the prothorax appears in straight lines, when viewed directly 

 from behind it appears to be gently siuuated or lobed. The front 

 femora are too long to be received into the rather shallow prosternal 

 excavations. The hind tibiae are somewhat longer than the others, 

 but are in other respects much the same. I cannot see any distinct 

 fascicles or membranes within the subhumeral depressions, but there 

 appear to be remnants of such. 



var. Ma-'itrisi, n. var. 



A specimen, from South Australia, in the Macleay Museum, appears 

 to represent a variety of this species. It diti'ers in being slightly 

 larger (3 mm.); elytral striation much more distinct; prothorax with 

 the apex, as viewed from behind, more lobed, and its punctures rather 

 deeper ; punctures of under surface more clearly defined, and py- and 

 propygidium with fine pul)escence in addition to setae. On its pro- 

 thorax there are four small darkish spots, placed, as it were, at each 

 corner of a square ; on the type the basal ones are not distinct, as 

 the whole of the basal fourth is infuscated. 



ChlainyiliiiJ'ii'i psi itdorfplialu, n.sp. 

 Chestnut-brown, in parts slightly darker ; appendages slightly paler. 

 With short, pale, stiti' setae, nowhere very dense, but denser on 



