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minus crebre minus subtiliter subingequaliter punctulato, 

 lateribus parum arcuatis, margine laterali antice quam in 

 parte mediana multo magis elevata, angulis anticis acutis 

 posticis baud explanatis obtusis baud rotundatis, basi 

 utrinque manifeste sinuata, margine basali aequali : scu- 

 te^llo baud punctulato ; elytris geminato-striatis (maris 

 exempli typici parum fortiter), crebre sat fortiter minus 

 rugulose punctulatis : pygidio fere ut pronotum punctu- 

 lato ; segmentis ventralibus obsoletius punctulatis ; tibiis 

 anticis extus 3-dentatis ; tarsis posticis subtus seriatim 

 setulosis, articulis basalibus 2 inter se sat gequalibus. 

 Maris antennarum flabello quam articuli 1-6 conjuncti paullo 

 longiori, feminae articulis 2-6 conjunctis sat aequali ; maris 

 segmento apicali ventrali postice leviter elevato et emar- 

 ginato, feminse truncato vix elevato ; maris quam feminae 

 pygidio multo magis convexo. Long. 7|^-8 1. ; lat. 3|-44- 1. 



Closely allied to S. rorida, Burm. ( ?) ; possibly an Alpine 

 race of that species. It is of more robust build and much less 

 iridescent, with the sides of the prothorax very manifestly 

 less rounded and more sinuate behind the middle (in both 

 species there is more or less tendency to sinuosity, more appa- 

 rent from some than from other points of view). The ge- 

 minate-striation of the elytra is feebler, and their punctura- 

 tion closer than in rorida (?). This form, even if not a valid 

 species, is at any rate a very clearly distinguishable race-type. 

 The specimens before me do not vary in colouring. 



Victorian Alps ; near a place called 'The Hospice," 6,000 

 feet above the sea. 



S. calrf:reiif<, sp. nov. Sat elongata, parum ovata; sat con- 

 vexa ; subnitida ; subglabra ; brunneo-testacea, fronte 

 picea ; leviter iridescens ; antennis 9-articulatis ; clypeo 

 crebre vix rugulose punctulato, antice late leviter sub- 

 truncato sat fortiter reflexo ; front<e subf ortiter vix crebre 

 punctulata, sat convexa ; prothorace quam longiori fere 

 ut 7 ad 4 latiori, antice minus angustato, supra sat fortiter 

 vix crebre punctulato, lateribus bisinuatis, margine la- 

 terali antice quam in parte mediana sat multo magis ele- 

 vato, angulis anticis acutis posticis baud vel vix explanatis 

 acute rectis, basi utrinque parum sinuata, margine basali 

 angulos versus quam in parte mediana perspicue magis 

 elevato ; scutello vix manifeste (vel potius subtilissime) 

 punctulato ; elytris minus fortiter geminato-striatis sat 

 fortiter minus crebre punctulatis : pygidio basin versus 

 minus subtiliter nee crebre punctulato apicem versus 

 crebre subtilius transversim ruguloso, longitudinaliter 

 breviter plus minusve fortiter carinato : tibiis anticis 



