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- postice rotundata bene definita) ; antennarum articulo 2° 
brevissimo ; oculis magnis subtransversis ; prothorace quam 
latiori paullo longiori, antice modice angustato, supra sat 
eequali, sparsim subtiliter punctulato, lateribus leviter 
arcuatis, latitudine majori paullo pone medium posita ; 
elytris subcrebre minus subtiliter punctulatis, lineis non- 
nullis subelevatis vix manifeste instructis. Long., 6 1.; lat., 
fol. 
The most elongate and cylindric species known to me of the 
genus. Its form seems to forbid any possibility of identity with 
Z. apicalis, Macl., which is described as having elytra “sub- 
depressed, broad, and broadest at the apex,” but seems to bear a 
considerable resemblance to this insect in colouring, though 
differing by its testaceous head. This insect also resembles Z. 
bipartita, Fairm., but differs from it inter alia by its black head, 
third joint of antennze much longer in proportion to the second, 
even surface of prothorax, much closer and distinct puncturation 
of elytra, much longer and narrower form, and the better defined 
concave area on the head, which has its hind margin much more 
sharply defined. 
Queensland. 
Z. longipalpis,.sp. nov. Minus elongata, minus angusta ; nigro 
picea, mandibulis prothorace elytris tarsorum posticorum 
basi summa et unguiculis flavis ; sat nitida ; capite fortiter 
elongato antice angustato (labro quam latiori longiori), 
sparsim punctulato, antice minus sparsim; antennarum 
articulo 3° quam 2"* tertia parte longiori ; oculis sat magnis 
sat tramsversis, supra interspatio lato separatis, palpis 
maxillaribus valde elongatis (quam antennarum articuli 
basales 3  conjuncti sublongioribus); prothorace quam 
latiori paullo longiori, antice sat fortiter angustato, sparsis- 
sime punctulato, foveolis antice 2 postice 1 impressis, haud 
canaliculato, lateribus a medio antrorsum fortiter sinuatim 
(retrorsum leviter sat recte) convergentibus, angulis anticis 
distinctis ; elytris leviter sparsius indeterminate punctulatis 
vix subrugulosis, lineis subelevatis 3 manifeste instructis. 
“Long., 51.; lat., 12 1. 
This spécies may be distinguished from the other Australian 
Zonites known to me, except Z. Cowleyi, Blackb., by the great 
length of its maxillary palpi. From 7. Cowley it differs widely 
by inter alza the very much shorter second joint of its antenne, 
and the very much less defined sculpture of its elytra. The 
number and arrangement of the impressions on its prothorax are 
peculiar, but I do not feel confident that these present very 
reliable specific distinctions in the Zonites. 
S. Australia (Hawker district). In the S.A. Museum. 
