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verso, antice fortiter angustato, crebre fortiter rugulose 

 punctulato, lateribus fortiter rotundatis perspicue crenulatis, 

 angulis anticis minus prominulis minus acutis posticis oblique 

 semicirculariter emarginatis (angulo ante eraarginationem 

 obtuso bene definito) ; elytris punctulato-substriatis, inter- 

 stitiis insequalibus (nonnullis quam cetera latioribus) irregu- 

 lariter granulis rugisque nitidis ornatis ; tibiis anticis extus 

 obtuse tridentatis (dentibus inferioribus 2 subapproximatis, 

 a 3° modice reraotis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo basali 

 brevi quam 2'*' vix longiori ; unguiculis simplicibus. Long., 

 4 1.- lat., 14 1. 



Allied to M. rtogosicoUis, Macl., easily distinguishable by the 

 characters indicated above in the tabulation. 



Australia ; I am not certain of the exact locality, but believe 

 it to be in Victoria. 



M. modicus, sp. nov. Minus elongatus ; minus nitidus ; piceus 

 plus minusve rufescens ; setulis minimis gracilibus minus 

 crebre vestitus ; capite antice triangulariter sat fortiter 

 exciso, lateribus sat fortiter sinuatis antice subacutis ; pro- 

 thorace fortiter transverso, antice parum angustato, confer- 

 tim rugulose nee grosse punctulato, lateribus subtiliter 

 crenulatis leviter arcuatis, angulis anticis obtusis minus 

 productis posticis oblique semicirculariter (fere ut M. excisiy 

 Waterh.) emarginatis, angulo ante emarginationem fere 

 recto ; elytris crebre striatis, interstitiis leviter convexis 

 insequaliter rugulosis vel granulosis (nonnullis quam cetera 

 paullo latioribus) ; tibiis anticis extus 3-dentatis (dentibus 

 inferioribus 2 approximatis a 3° sat remotis) ; tarsorum 

 posticorum articulo basali quam 2*^^ fere duplo longiori ; 

 unguiculis simplicibus. Long., 3J 1. ; lat., 14 1. 

 A very distinct species but bearing a general resemblance to 

 M. excisus, Waterh., from which, however, it is readily dis- 

 tinguished inter alia by the much deeper excision of the clypeus, 

 the much slighter narrowing of its prothorax in front, and the 

 much greater length of the basal joint of its hind tarsi. 



Coolgardie, W. Australia ; sent by Mr. Lea. 

 M. multistriatus, sip. nov. Modice elongatus; subnitidus; piceus, 

 antennis testaceis ; setulis brevibus gracilibus suberectis 

 minus crebre vestitus ; capite antice sat fortiter triangular- 

 iter emarginato, lateribus latis sat fortiter sinuatis ; pro- 

 thorace fortiter transverso, antice modice angustato, crebre 

 rugulose nullo modo grosse punctulato, lateribus sat fortiter 

 arcuatis, angulis anticis obtusis sat prominulis posticis 

 subacutis retrorsum directis, basi utrinque fortiter sinuata ; 

 elytris crebre striatis, interstitiis transversim aspere rugatis 



