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nitidus ; piceo-niger, antennis palpisque rufis ; setulis bre- 

 vibus subtilibus sat cr^ebre vestitus ; capit-e antice sat pro- 

 funde subangulatim emarginato (jDartis emarginatae lobis 

 antice rotundatis), lat-eribus sinuatis ; prothorace quam 

 longiori fere ut 5 ad 3 latiori, antice sat fortiter angus- 

 tato, supra crebrc fortiter ruguloso, lateribus crenulatis 

 fortiter dilatato-rotundatis ante basin brevissime 

 rectis, angulis anticis sat productis sat acu- 

 tis posticis acute rectis, basi late rotundata ; scu- 

 tello punctulato ; elytris striis circiter 9 impressis, in- 

 terstitiis latis inaequaliter biseriatim granulosis, intersti- 

 tiis alternis manifeste convexis ; tibiis anticis extus tri- 

 dentatis (dentibus inferioribus appraximatis, a 3° sat re- 

 motis) ; tarsis robustis sat brevibus, posticorum articulo 

 basali quam 2"^ paullo longiori ; unguiculis singulis ad 

 basin appendiculis singulis gracilibus armatis. Long., 

 5 1. ; lat., 2| 1. 



The form of the outline of the prothorax of this species 

 is very distinctive, the nearest approach to it, in Mcechidii 

 known to me, being found in M . crenaticollis, Blackb. The 

 sides of the prothorax are extremely strongly dilatate-rounded 

 from the front margin almost to the base, but immediately in 

 front of the base they become quite straight (and parallel with 

 each other). The above-mentioned character (together with 

 other characters) places the insect in my tabulation (Tr.R.S., 

 S.A., 1898, pp. 57, etc.) beside M. cavicej)^ although the 

 sides of the prothorax in that species are not sinuate behind 

 the middle, the hind angles are obtuse, and there is very little 

 superficial resemblance between the two. From crenfiticollis, 

 to which it has much superficial resemblance, it differs inter 

 alia by the presence of quill -like appendages to its claws. 



Victoria : Dividing Range. 

 M. relictys, sp. nov. Leviter ovatus ; minus latus ; sat con- 

 vexus ; sat nitidus ; ferrugineus ; setulis brevibus subtili- 

 bus minus crebre vestitus ; capite antice sat profunde 

 emarginato (partis emarginatge lobis antice rotundatis), 

 lateribus manifeste sinuatis ; prothorace quam longiori 

 fere duplo latiori, antice sat fortiter angustato, supra 

 puncturis sat magnis mamillatis sat crebre impresso, late- 

 ribus haud crenulatis sat arcuatis, angulis anticis sat pro- 

 ductis minus acutis posticis rotundato-obtusis, basi utrin- 

 que sinuata ; scutello punctulato ; elytris inaequaliter 

 sculpturatis (in parte dorsali intervallis circiter 5 leviter 

 convexis sat latis utrinque sat grosse punctulato-crenu- 

 latis, in parte laterali sat confuse crenulato-punctulatis) ; 

 tibiis anticis extus tridentatis (dentibus inferioribus inter 

 se approximatis a 3°, — hoc in longitudine media sito, — 



