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MIROSARUS, n. gen. 



(Sub-Fam. Anisodactylin.e.) 



G. Selenophoro similis. Corpus oblongo-ovatum. Caput 

 antice nbtusum ; foveis frontalibus parvis. Mentum fere eden- 

 tatum. Ligula angusta, apice bisetosa, paraglossis earn super- 

 antibus, latis, auriculatis, ad liguia3 angulos superiores intus 

 conjunctis. Palpi aplce modice attenuati, truncati. Elytra 

 interstitio tertio plurlpunctato. Tarsi $ , quatuor auteriores 

 articulis 4 dilatatis (2-4 late cordatis), plantis scpiami-setis 

 erectis dense vestitis, scopam planam simulautibus. 



Recent describers of Australian Ilarpali, following the example 

 of Dejean, have paid no attention to the shape and clothing of the 

 dilated tarsal joints of the males, and have consequently mingled 

 together in one genus the most diverse generic forms, belonging 

 even to distinct sub-families. The present very distinct genus 

 is common in all the temperate parts of the country, and many 

 closely allied species, races or varieties, have been described by 

 Castelnau and W. Macleay, Jun. They may be known at once 

 by their exact resemblance to the common American species of 

 Selenopliorus. The cmargination of the mentum has a scarcely 

 perceptible angular prominence in the middle and is sometimes 

 quite edentate. 



Mirosarus insu laris. 



Nigro-cupreus, antennis basi, palpis (partim) tibiis et tarsis 

 fulvo-testaceis ; elytris $ nitidis, $ Rub-opacis : thorace trans- 

 versim quadrato, lateribus arcuatis antice paullo magis quam 

 postice angustato, angulis posticis rotiindatis, margine postico 

 medio late sinuato, basi utrinque coriaceo-punctato, foveis latis ; 

 margine laterali reflexo, rufesceuti : elytris ante ajiicem sinuatis, 

 supra acute striatis, striolaque scutellari elongata, interstitiis 

 j)lanis, 3, 5 et 7 versus apicem ceteris latioribus, tertio ])unctis 

 umbilicatis sex conspicuis. Long. 9 mm. 



The amoiuit of pale colourhig on the basal joints of the 

 antennaj and on the palpi is very variable ; but the scape is 

 generally of a clearer red. The thorax is much broader than 

 long, and its sides are more arcuated than in alhed species from 

 Continental Australia, the widest part being a little anterior to 

 the middle. The ])unctures of the third interstice are all 

 situated in the middle of the interstice, and not near the striae. 



South or Central Tasuuuiia (Sinison). 



