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TJah. — New South Wales : Nepean River (A. J. Coate?). 

 The two beautiful specirneus before me are apparently of 

 one sex. 



MlSOPHlUCE NICKIPES, U. Sp. 



Black; scape and elytra (sides, suture, and a rather large 

 basal space excepted) of a ('ingy reddish -brown. Rather 

 sparsely clothed with whitish or whitish-blue subsetose scales, 

 absent along middle of under-surface. 



Itostruin moderately curved, no longer than prothorax; 

 basal two-fifths punctate-striate, elsewhere seriate-punctate. 

 Frotliorar moderately transverse, apex narrower than base; 

 with large partially concealed punctures. Elytra not much 

 wider than prothorax, slightly dilated posteriorly; striate- 

 punctate, punctures large and not concealed. Abdomen with 

 rather large distinct punctures; apical segment foveate in one 

 sex, two basal segments feebly concave in the other. Length, 

 1 mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania: Hobart, Huon River, Nubeena, 

 Latrobe, Swansea (A. M. Lea). 



Close to cJathraia, but abdomen and legs black. The 

 scales, especially at the sides, occasionally become of a rather 

 bright green or coppery colour, but in nearly all the specimens 

 before me are of a pale whitish blue and entirely without 

 gloss. The first joint of the funicle is unusually stout and 

 distinctly longer than the second and third combined. The 

 size varies from slightly less to slightly more than one milli- 

 metre. 



Variety A. Elytra almost or entirely black."' Size 

 slightly smaller. 



Bah. — -Tasmania : Hobart. 



A minute black species is suggestive of parallfla, but this 

 variety is even smaller than that species and is not parallel- 

 sided. 



Variety B. Size, \\ mm. 



llnh. — Tasmania : Sw^ansea, Nubeena, Hobart. 



The three specimens of this variety seem to differ only 

 from the typical form in their size. They appear to be very 

 close to nir/rivenfris, but differ in their entirely dark legs 

 and antennae. 



MiSOPHRICE AMPLICOLLIS. 11. sp. 



Of a dingy reddish-brown, elytra and legs paler; head, 

 scutellum, suture, and fifth interstice of elytra, sterna, 

 abdomen, funicle (basal joint excepted), and club, black or 

 piceous. Moderately densely clothed with whitish subsetose 



* I have several int-ermediate forms in colour. 



