Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 465 
Sympetes Macleay. 
S. late ovatus, valde depressus, latissime marginatus, fuscus ; elytris con- 
fertim punctulatis, singulis subtrilineatis. 
Hab. Australia. 
Broadly and almost elliptically ovate, and very much depressed, dark 
brown, the margins paler, somewhat shining; clypeus broad, emargi- 
nate at the apex, and hiding the lip; prothorax finely punctured, the 
disk at the base scarcely more than a third of the width; scutellum 
broadly triangular; elytra with rather small punctures, sharply raised 
along the suture, each elytron with three indistinct lines, the margins 
nearly flat; body beneath and legs dull reddish brown, the margins of 
the prothorax and elytra finely punctured. Length 12 lines. 
Saragus* magister. 
S. elliptico-ovatus, impunctatus, niger, nitidus; prothorace elytrisque sat 
fortiter marginatis. 
Hab. Queensland. 
Elliptic-ovate, black and shining, very smooth and impunctate ; 
clypeus transverse, gradually rounded from the antennary orbits ; pro- 
thorax rather narrowly emarginate at the apex, the disk moderately 
convex, the margin about one-sixth of the breadth of the disk at its 
widest part ; elytra convex, slightly raised into a line posteriorly at the 
suture, the margins narrower than those of the prothorax; body be- 
neath glossy black, the abdomen finely corrugated; femora highly 
polished ; tibize and tarsi with fulvous hairs, the latter and the antenne 
ferruginous. Length 9 lines. 
As regards sculpture and outline this species will come into the 
same category of the genus as S. brunnipes, De Br.; but it is much 
larger, and at once differs in the entire absence of punctation. 
Saragus asidoides. 
S. elliptico-ovatus, niger, opacus ; prothorace lateribus dilatato, subtiliter 
et confertissime punctulato; elytris lineato-punctatis. 
Hab. South Australia (Adelaide). 
Elliptic-ovate, black, opake ; clypeus slightly produced and truncate 
in front; head finely punctured; prothorax minutely and very closely 
punctured, rather narrowly emarginate at the apex, the disk flattish 
and passing gradually into the margin on each side, shining; elytra 
flattish at the base, more convex posteriorly, with small punctures in 
slightly irregular? lines, the margin very distinct at the shoulders, but 
gradually narrowing to the apex, where it nearly disappears; body 
beneath and legs black, slightly nitid; the latter and antennse with a 
thin ferruginous pubescence, Length 7 lines. 
Something like Asida depressa, Sol., but more convex. The second 
* Erichson, Wieg. Arch. 1842, i.p.171 ; Lacordaire, Genera, v. p. 348. 
