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Habitat. — Ardrossan, Yorke's Peninsula, and Callino-ton 

 South Australia. S.A. Museum. 



This is the smallest species, and easily recognised by the almost 

 total absence of speckles on the elytra, and the dark median line 

 on the underside of the abdomen. Captured in January and 

 February. 



Epilampra ixquixita, Stdl. (Brunner, 8yst., 177). 

 Fpilampra nudiventris, Saussure (Mel. Orth., 2nd fasc. Zool. 

 Record, vol. VI., 1870). 



" Chestnut testaceous. Head brownish-black. Labrum tes- 

 taceous. Antennie ferruginous. Pronotum flat, black spotted 

 all over ; disk black, lateral margin broadly, fore and hincl- 

 margins narrowly, testaceous. Male with the foremargin of elytra 

 testaceous, spotted black ; disk ferruginous, marbled with brown • 

 streaks near radial vein black, continued to middle. Apex of 

 wings brownish. Female with the elytra, and still more the 

 wings, abbreviate, rounded. 



Male. Female. 



Length of body ... ... 28 mm. 31 mm. 



Length of elytra ... 28 " 10-5 " 



Length of pronotum ... 7 " 8 " 



Width of pronotum ... 9*5 " 11 " 



Habitat. — Sydney, New South Wales." 



Originally this species included, probably, E. truncata, aur- 

 iculata, and gracilis. Since the date of Brunner's work, Stal 

 made this species the type of his genus Molytria (Recherches, kc, 

 Blattidne, Svensky Vetenskap Akad., Stockh., Bihang, IL, 1-18 ; 

 see Zool. Record XII., 487, 1877), but as I have not seen that 

 w^ork, I prefer quoting it under the present designation. 



Epilampra truncata, Brunner (Syst., 178). 

 " Chestnut coloured. Pronotum small, scarcely covering the 

 head, testaceous, disk irregularly brownish, somewhat produced 

 behind, bordered all round (margins incrassated), impressed 

 scabrous dots very fine, mostly scattered. Elytra of the female 

 incumbent, sutural (hind) margin a third shorter than the costal, 

 veins distinct, impressed dots very scabrous, brown dots scattered. 

 Wings rudimentary. Abdomen with rugose marginal folds. 



Female. 

 Length of body. . . ... ... ... 19 mm. 



Length of elytra, costa... ... ... 5'3 " 



Length of elytra, hindmargin ... ... 3-8 " 



Length of pronotum ... ... ..: 5*5 " 



Width of pronotum ... ... ... 8 " 



Habitat. — Sydney, New South Wales." 



