262 Mr. Anh Lea on some 
are almost touching, the pubescence between them looking 
like a thin line of silver; the labrum is blackish and shining, 
with its sides obscurely reddish; the pale parts of the 
elytra appear like two large almost conjoined spots; the 
coarse punctures on the prothorax belong to sharply 
defined areas, they are sparser about the scutellar lobe 
than elsewhere, the lobe itself appears to be acute and 
entire, but when lifted above the scutellum is seen to be 
shghtly notched. The species would probably have been 
referred to Bucharis by Baly. 
Ditropidus punctatostriatus, sp. n. 
9. Coppery, under-surface black with a bluish or coppery gloss 
in places, labrum, antennae, palpi, legs (claws black), apex of 
abdomen and of pygidium flavous. Head, under-surface and 
pygidium with moderately dense white pubescence. 
Head shagreened, becoming rather coarsely but rugosely punctured 
in front, with a wide and shallow median line; eyes large and rather 
widely separated. Prothorax strongly convex, densely and finely 
strigose, except on a comparatively small medio-basal space. Elytra 
about as long as the basal width, somewhat narrowed posteriorly, 
with conspicuous striae containing large punctures throughout. 
Abdomen with a large, round, deep apical fovea. Length, 2-5 mm. 
Hab. Norrau-WeEsteRN _AusTRALIA:  Baudin Point. 
Type in British Museum. 
The shagreened head, densely striated prothorax and 
strongly sculptured elytra render this species a very 
distinct one, although the colours are much as on many 
others; it would probably have been referred to Bucharis 
by Baly, as the scutellar lobe appears from above to be 
acute and entire; from behind, however, its lower edge 
is seen to be notched. The antennae are rather longer 
than is usual in Ditropidus, but shorter than in Elaphodes ; 
of the three specimens under examination one has them 
entirely pale, another has the tip only infuscated, and the 
other has the five joints of the club lightly infuscated on 
the upper surface. The strigosities of the prothorax, 
although fine, are quite distinct, the space from which they 
are absent is sharply defined and occupies about one-third 
of the surface in width and one-half in length; there are 
some small punctures on its front portion and rather strong 
ones along the base. 
