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little narrower than the head , strongly convex on the disk , with 

 a shallow impression along the middle, anteriorly and posteriorly 

 deeply depressed, the sides produced about the middle into an 

 obtuse tubercle. Head and thorax densely punctured and clothed 

 with exceedingly minute hairs. Scutellum broad , strongly rounded. 

 Elytra very large, one third broader than the thorax at the base, 

 the sides decidedly emarginate towards the middle, then gradually 

 swelling out and broadly rounded at the apex. Legs not very long , 

 hinder thighs short , not reaching the tip of the elytra , posterior 

 tibiae strongly curved, first tarsal joint hardly as long as the two 

 following together. 



liCngth 6 1 mm. — Habitat: West Australia, 



In a good many respects tliis species is very aberrant from all 

 the other known species; its most striking characters are the narrow 

 head, the long wingcases and the relative shortness of the legs, 

 chiefly of the hinder pair. However, I do not think it advisable to 

 remove it as yet from the genus Zo'édia. 



OCHYRINAE. 



Ochyra nana v. d. Poll, n. sp. 



(PL 13, fig. 7). 



Subnitid; head and thorax black , parts of the mouth and antennae 

 rufous ; scutellum brown , basal portion of the elytra vivid reddish- 

 brown , the remainder brownish-black with a swollen ivory trans- 

 verse band in the middle , neither touching the outer margin nor 

 the suture; underneath brown , with the abdomen black ; legs brown 

 with the tarsi pale rufous. 



Head behind the lobes of the eyes completely hidden in the 

 thorax, strongly and thickly punctured, very faintly depressed 

 along the middle; antennae rather short, not reaching the apex of the 

 elytra, scape short and much swollen. Prothorax very globose? 

 strongly depressed posteriorly , the sides with a small pointed tubercle 

 in the middle; entirely covered with a strong confluent foveolate 

 punctuation , in the longitudinal direction. Scutellum small , broadly 

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