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This is an obscure looking insect ; its affinity seems to be 

 •witb M. Andersoni, from whicli it differs in having the thorax 

 less narrowed in front and pretty strongly rounded on the 

 -sides, the elytra rather sharpl}^ pointed at their apex, and the 

 front of the prosternum scarcely bent over or depressed, but 

 very nearly continuing the plane of the general surface of that 

 segment. It differs from M. Ande^'soni (and from other allies) 

 also in the sculpture of the elytra which is as follows : — the 

 suture is well elevated from a little behind the scutellum ; 

 next to this there is a flat sparingly and confusedly punctured 

 space, outside which follows a punctate striate region contain- 

 ing (though they are not very well defined) five striae, the 

 four intervals between which are convex. The external one of 

 the raised intervals is very obscure, the first and third are the 

 longest ; they are all wide and only slightly Iconvex in front, 

 becoming narrower and more strongly elevated behind. 

 Between the 5th of the punctate striae and the lateral margin 

 is a space (about twice the width of that between the suture 

 and the first stria^ on which the puncturation is tolerably 

 •close, and is obscurely confiuent transversely. 



There are two specimens in the Soutb Australian Museum, 

 which, however, are devoid of any record of capture. 



M. Eothei, sp. nov. Sat lata ; minus nitida, senea, cupreo- 

 micans ; pedibus anticis antice tarsis omnibus et antennis 

 viridibus ; capite sat f ortiter minus crebre punctulato ; 

 prothorace quam longiori plus dimidio (ut 5 ad 3) latiori, 

 postice quam antice fere dimidio latiori, subtilius sat 

 crebre (latera versus crassius) punctulato, a basi ad 

 apicem arcuatim angustato, margine antico bisinuatim 

 emarginato, margine basali vix bisinuato ; elytris pone 

 medium leviter dilatatis, subtilius minus crebre (latera 

 versus crebrius, punctis transversim confluentibus) punc- 

 tulatis, vix evidenter striatis, interstitiis vix evidenter 

 convexis, lateribus pone medium sat fortiter serratis ; 

 prosterno minus crebre, metasterno sparsim, subtilius 

 in medio punctulatis, illo antice hand declivi ; abdomine 

 squamose minus crebre punctulato. Long. 6 1. 



The affinity of this species seems to be with M. Ande?'so}ii, 

 from which it differs in being narrower and more parallel, and 

 much more finely punctured on the upper surface, with the 

 prosternum a little elevated across its front margin instead 

 of being declivous. The elytra are scarcely striated, with the 

 suture not at all strongly raised behind. Xot far from the 

 «uture there is an obscurely elevated ridge traceable nearly 

 from the base to the apex in about the position of the second 

 mteistice in M. Andersoni ; v^ithin it in front, and outside it 



