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pleurae almost smooth. First dorsal segment short, slightly 

 depressed below the second, which is nearly half as long again as its 

 greatest breadth, finely and closely punctured, the sides somewhat 

 convex. The sides of the abdomen sparsely clothed with long 

 white hairs, interspersed with black near the apex. Hind tibiae 

 with two rows of four spines. 



Hab. S. Queensland, Brisbane {Hacker), November. 



Allied to E. argenteolineata, Andre, but may be dis- 

 tinguished by the colour of the legs, the distinctly stronger 

 sculpture of the head and thorax, the shghtly different 

 shape of the latter, and the distinctly longer second 

 abdominal segment. 



Ephutomorpha setigera, sp. n. 



$. Nigra ; tuberculis antennalibus pallide testaceis ; segmento 

 dorsali primo margine apicali pallide luteo ; segmento dorsali secundo 

 in medio longitudinaliter late, tertio, quarto, quintoque in medio, 

 sextoque basi brunneo-ferrugmeis ; tarsis fusco-ferrugineis. 



Long. 6 mm. 



$. Clypeus small and flat, truncate at the apex ; antennal tubercles 

 rather large, second joint of the flagellum a little longer than the 

 third, less than twice as long as the first; a low carina from the 

 antennal tubercles not reaching the eyes. Head closely and rather 

 strongly punctured, more sparsely on the front than on the vertex, 

 sparsely clothed with close lying fulvous bristles, interspersed with 

 which are a few long black hairs. Eyes roxmd, strongly convex, 

 situated nearer to the hind margin of the head than to the base of 

 the mandibles ; the head rounded at the posterior angles, no wider 

 than the thorax. Thorax granulate-rugose, more coarsely pos- 

 teriorly than anteriorly, nearly half as long again as broad, the 

 sides almost smooth, the posterior slope finely rugulose, the sides 

 almost parallel, the anterior angles rounded, the dorsal surface 

 clothed with short setae as the head, but with rather more numerous 

 long black hairs. Dorsal segments 1-5 with a small patch of sparse 

 white hairs in the middle of the apical margin ; second segment half 

 as long again as the greatest breadth, the sides convex, closely but 

 not very coarsely punctured, the punctures confluent longitudinally. 

 Pygidial area triangular, finely longitucUnally striated, the striae 

 not reaching the apex. Base of the abdomen with long whitish 

 hairs, the hairs on the sides of the abdomen whitish near the base, 

 mostly black near the apex. Hind tibiae with two rows of four 

 spines. 



Hob. S. Queensland, Brisbane {Hacker), November. 



