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S. conve.rirollns, sp. nov,, Mas ( ?). Ovata ; sat convexa ; nitida ; 

 subglabra ; dilute brunnea, leviter aureo-micans, protho- 

 race pedibusque rufescentibus ; antennis 8-articulatis, 

 flabello quam articuli 2-5 conjuncti vix longiori ; palporum 

 maxillarium articulo apicali ovali ; clypeo confertim 

 punctulato, antice sat fortiter reflexo-subtruncato ; fronte 

 sat plana sparsius punctulata transversim impressa; pro- 

 thorace sat fortiter (fere ut 9 ad 5J) transverse, fortiter 

 gibbo, antice minus angustato, supra sparsius 

 minus subtiliter punctulato, angulis anticis sat 

 acutis posticis rotundato-obtusis baud explanatis, 

 basi late rotundata ; scutello punctulato ; elytris 

 leviter geminato-striatis, fere ut pronotum sed 

 paullo magis crebre punctulatis ; pygidio subplano 

 sparsius subtiliter punctulato : segmentis ventrali- 

 bus (lateribus exceptis) vix perspicue punctulatis, ultimo 

 medio breviter lobato-producto ; tibiis anticis extus 

 3-dentatis ; tarsis posticis (exempli typici) subtus spar- 

 sissime setosis, articulo basali quam 2"-^ sat breviori : 

 coxis posticis quam metasternum quinta hujus parte 

 brevioribus. Long. 5 1. : lat. 2f 1. 



Its strongly gibbous pronotum distinguishes this species 

 readily from all others (known to me) to which it bears much 

 superficial resemblance. From its ventral characters I think 

 it must be a male, but the structure of its antennae and hind 

 tarsi is more suggestive of a female. The sexual characters 

 and small size cause it to form (together with S. ne?n oralis, 

 Blackb. and probably Ino, Blackb.) a distinct group in Scitala 

 which may possibly be eventually regarded as another genus. 

 N. S. Wales. I have no record of the exact locality in 

 which I captured it. 



S. nemoraUs, sp. nov. Mas. ( ?). Subelongata, leviter ovata; 

 sat convexa; subnitida : subglabra; testaceo-brunnea^ 

 leviter iridescens, capite prothorace sternis pedibusque 

 magis rufescentibus ; antennis 8-articulatis, flabello quam 

 articuli 2-5 conjuncti subbreviori ; palporum maxillarium 

 articulo apicali elongato-subcylindrico : clypeo confei'tim 

 punctulato, antice vix subtruncato, modice reflexo ; fronte 

 sparsius subtilius punctulata, sat convexa : prothorace sat 

 fortiter (ut 9 ad 5) transverso, antice minus angustato, 

 supra subtilius crebrius punctulato, angulis anticis sat 

 acutis posticis rotundato-obtusis baud explanatis, basi 

 late leviter rotundata ; scutello punctulato ; elytris sat 

 fortiter geminato-striatis, quam pronotum paullo magis 

 crebre magis fortiter punctulatis ; pygidio sat convexo, 

 crebre sat subtiliter punctulato, antice obtuse longitudi- 



