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regularly dilated to apex. Vrothorax feebly transverse, sides 

 strongly and regularly rounded ; with numerous rather large, 

 round, flattened granules, densely clothed but readily trace- 

 able ; median line feeble and sometimes absent. Elytra with 

 the regular emargination of base slightly interrupted by the 

 third interstices ; with rows of large, round, partially-conceal- 

 ed punctures, alternate interstices very feebly raised, suture 

 and usually the third with minute shining (but sometimes 

 quite concealed) granules. Ahdomen with small more or less 

 concealed granules ; basal segment at apex incurved to middle, 

 with a distinct shining slightly-curved carina near apex, and 

 about one-third the width of apex. Legs very stout ; front 

 coxae feebly separated : tibiae rather feebly curved, the front 

 pair feebly denticulate below. Length, 4^-5 (female, 4J-5^) 

 mm. 



Female. Differs in having the prothorax narrower and 

 elytra wider, punctures smaller, abdomen more convex and 

 simple and tibiae straighter. 



Hah. — Tasmania : Hobart, Launceston, Stonor, Jordan 

 River (A. M. Lea). 



The clothing is occasionally feebly mottled, and in some 

 specimens the alternate interstices are slightly paler than the 

 others. On the upper surface the setae are usually dark, but 

 on the elytra many of them are whitish, the rows also are not 

 all the same distance apart. The prothoracic granules on 

 abrasion are seen to be each supplied with a distinct punc- 

 ture (for the reception of a seta), and with other very small 

 ones (for the scales). In the male the elytral punctures are 

 of about equal width with the interstices, but in the female 

 they are smaller ; the granules are often confined to the suture 

 and third interstice, but they are occasionally also present on 

 the second. The claws are closer together than usual. 



Readily distinguished from the preceding species by the 

 curved apex of the basal segment of abdomen. The two spe- 

 cies, however, are not much alike. I sent specimens of this 

 species to the Rev. T. Blackburn, and of them he wrote : — 

 "They are quite distinct from all mv species and from Erich- 

 son's. The narrower and more brightly coloured specimens 

 (male, T suppose) bear a certain resemblance to sferilis, Er., 

 but that species has alternate interstices carinate, suture quite 

 strongly carinate behind, rostral carina much feebler and 

 shorter, no carina on ventral segments (unless T am 7nistaken 

 in considering it a male)," etc., etc. 



Mandalotus litoralis, n. sp. 



Male. Black; antennae and legs (wholly or in part) red- 

 dish. Densely clothed with brown, mottled with sooty scales. 



