66 MARTIN JACOB Y 



striate , pale fulvous or testaceous their apical portion piceous or 

 black. 



Length 1 line. 



Head inipunctate, the frontal tubercles indistinct; antennae 

 slender, i-ather long, the third joint one half longer than the 

 second , the fourth shorter than the third ; thorax subquadrate , 

 a little broader than long, the sides nearly straight, slightlj'' 

 narrowed at the base, surface with a deep basilar transverse 

 groove bounded at each side by a short perpendicular impres- 

 sion , rest of the surface impunctate , shining ; scutellum small , 

 triangular; elytra elongate, parallel, slightly depressed below 

 the base, distinctly j)unctate-striate to below the middle, the 

 apex nearly smooth ; the shoulders are prominent and from them 

 a costa more or less distinct extends to the middle of the elytra; 

 the interstices are here and there furnished with stiff whitish 

 hairs; the black portion of the elytra extends upwards to nearly 

 the middle (in one specimen beyond it) ; the posterior femora 

 are also more or less distinctly spotted with piceous; iirst })o- 

 sterior tarsal joint double the length of the second; anterior 

 coxal cavities closed. 



Australia, Somerset, January (L. M. D'Albertis). 



64. Crepidodera, unieolor, n. sp. 



Entirely pale fulvous; head and thorax impunctate; elytra 

 finely punctate-striate ; with a short lateral costa at the shoulder. 



Length 1 line. 



Head as broad as long, the frontal tubercles very distinct and 

 of obliquely ovate shape; antennae extending to about one 

 third the length of the elytra, rather robust, the second joint 

 as thick as the first but one half shorter, the 4 following joints 

 short, of equal length, the rest thickened; thorax transverse, 

 the basilar groove very deep and extending nearly to the sides, 

 the portion in front of it, sw^ollen and convex; sides slightly 

 rounded and widened in front, surface entirely impunctate ; elytra 

 wider at the base than the thorax, obsoletely depressed below 



