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it is also smaller than D. quadratipeiniis, much less metallic, and prothoracic 

 punctures differ; D. pijgidkdis has much smaller punctures on head and 

 prothorax, and eyes more widely separated. 



DITROPIDUS VICARIUS rp. nov. 



$ Black, upper surface bronzy or coppery bronze, basal half of antennae 

 obscurely reddish. Glabrous. 



Head shagreened, and with fairly dense but feeble punctures ; median line 

 vaguely impressed. Eyes rather widely separated. ProtJiorax about thrice as 

 wide as the median length, sides strongly rounded ; punctures fairly dense and 

 rather sharply defined but small, becoming still smaller on sides. Elytra rather 

 short ; with rows of very small punctures, becoming larger and set in moderately 

 deep strife on the .sides. Length ( c? $ ) , 1-5-2 mm. 



9 Differs in the usual particulars of the eyes, legs, and abdomen. 



Hah. — North Queensland (Blackburn's collection) ; Cairns (E. Allen). 

 New South Wales: National Park and Ourimbah (G. E. Bryant); Sydney 

 (A. M. Lea). — Type, /. 10865 in South Australian Museum; cotype, C/2320 in 

 Queensland Museum. 



Slightly narrower and more metallic than D. rotundiformis, prothoracic 

 punctures decidedly smaller and those of sterna different ; the intercoxal process 

 of the prosternum has a few punctures in front, that of the mesosternum has 

 a distinct transverse row, but the middle of the metasternum is impunctate. 

 The prothorax could hardly be regarded as shagreened, although at first glance 

 it appears to be so ; on some of the specimens, from New South Wales, the pale 

 joints of the antennae are almost flavous. 



DITROPIDUS VAGANS sp. nov. 



$ Black, sometimes with a slight bronzy gloss, basal half of antennae 

 flavous, the other infuscated, front legs partly or entirelj^ pale, labrum and 

 tarsi more or less obscurely diluted with red. Glabrous. 



Head shagreened and with very minute punctures, median line scarcely 

 traceable. Prothorax shagreened and with minute punctures. ScuteUum narrow 

 and distinct. Length { <S9 ), 1-25-1-5 mm. 



9 Differs in the usual particulars of the eyes, legs, and abdomen. 



Ha J).— Northern Territory: Darwin, on Acacia flowers (G. F. Hill, No. 

 371). Queensland: Cairns, Charters Towers (Blackburn's collection) ; Brisbane 

 (E. M. Hockings). New South Wales: Blue Mountains (Blackburn) ; Went worth 

 Falls (Simson's collection) ; Sydney (Dr. E. W. Ferguson and A. M. Lea) ; 

 Galston, Como, and Windsor (Lea). South Australia: Port Lincoln (Blackburn 

 and Lea); Murray Bridge (Lea); Quorn (A. H. Elston). — Type, /. 10875 in 

 South Australian Museum ; cotype, C/2321 in Queensland Museum. 



