322 Records oi- the S.A. Museum 



marp'iii lucdianly ang'uhn"; h lono'ltiidin;)!, "mtcrociilrir cariiui, dilati'd antoriorly, 

 Av.itli ati indisti)ict line of piuictiii-cs on each side and another hordcrinf; the innor 

 margin of oach eye, cnrvcd inwards ahoxc fni indentation next to eac-li |)()stf*ri()i' 

 ang'l(>; face densely covered witli lon^'. yellow hairs; impression very larji'c and 

 deep, broadly obovate, (>\tendin<i' |)i-actieally 1o the vertex and laterally almost 

 tnneliino' the inner mar<>'ins of tlu^ eyes; eyes directed niodei-ately backwards, 

 projectino' beyond the anterior projiotal an<>'les; inner inar<rins diverjiinji' above, 

 parallel on the face. Pronotuin ochrac<'ous, posteriorly iiai'rowly niaro-ined with 

 eastaneons, clotlnHl with a dislinct, ti-olden pnbescence; about twice as broad 

 between Iniiuei'al anojes as medial lenjith, narrowei- than Hie head; punctures 

 small, contlneid. i)i'esentin,<>' aii a]i|)earance of impressed, irre»:\dar lines; an 

 obsolete median carina; anterior mar<>'iii rounded, vei'y sli<i'h1ly mediaidy incised; 

 posterior margin ev(^idy round(>d ; latei'a! mai'jiins moderately short, a little 

 obli(|ue; aiiiiles roundly obtuse. Hemelytra pale ochraeeous, clothed with golden 

 hairs; ]iunctures dark, small and more or less confiiu'Ut; innei- marg'in of cdavus 

 palei-; cla\al sutui-e and outer edi>'e of coi-ium narrowly mai'<iine(l with castaiieous; 

 embolinm whitish. (Underside and legs si i-anuneous ; conne.\i\'um yellow ; striq:il(s) 

 dark brown, very large, neai'ly ()') mm. in length; suboval, with about twelve 

 rather irregular rows of striae; anterior tibiae stout, less than half as long as the 

 palae, which ai-e long, narrowly falcate, widest near the base; claw long and 

 strong; twenty-five stridnlatory pegs in a sijigle i-ow ]daced near, and following 

 the curve of, tlie lower margin, not extending to the base; pegs regularly deci-ea.s- 

 ing in length backwards, antei-iorly triangnlar, pointed, thinner than, and abont 

 twice as long as, the posterior ones, which are stout suboval and ]iointed ; inter- 

 mediate tarsi a little more than half as long as tibiae, about as long as- claws; 

 poster'ior'tarsi wide, longer than tibiae; swimming hairs brown. Length, 8 mm. 



$ Head a little shorter and wider; face slightly convex, densely clothed 

 with golden hairs, pnnctnred. Posterior margin of pronotnm more widely edged 

 with caslaneous. Palae longer, nan-ower, and less curved. Length, 8 mm. 



Udh. South Australia (Rev. A. P. Burgess); Central Australia; Cooper 

 Creek (type locality, .1. G. Renter) ; (Queensland: Cuiniamulla (II. Hardcastle). 

 Type, T. ir)186. 



The almost elliptical pronotum is fui-nished with longer and paler haii-s. and 

 the strigil is vei-y much larger, than in either of the two preceding species. A 

 more elongate form and lighter colouration, the large, densely clothed facial 

 impression and the palae afford furthei- distinguishing characters. 



In. the single imperfect example from Queensland the pronotum is light 

 olivaceous in colour, 



