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JE. henefica, Newm., though undoubtedly closely allied to it. 

 StrU' tu -ally they dijBPer by their coriaceous subopaque head and 

 j:rcn< turn and the evidently greater length of the bisal joint (as 

 com par d with the second) of their hind tarsi. The pattern 

 of their elytra differs by the absence of a humeral dark 

 mark and the dark mark behind the middle not being produced 

 forward on the suture. I should have no hesitation in describing 

 this insect as a new species were it not for the possibility of its 

 being a variety of E. ( Cymindis) inquinata, Er., — having the 

 external discal dark mark attributed to that species confluent 

 ■with the post-median blotch. 



JE. grave., sp. nov. Testaceum, elytris macula basali (hac in in- 

 terstitio 4° sita) macula humerali et macula communi post- 

 mediana (hac marginem lateralem attingenti, antrorsum in 

 . sutura et ad marginem lateralem late breviter producta, 

 apicem fere attingenti) fusco-nigris ornatis ; capitis forma 

 antennarum insertione et oculorum granulis ut prsecedentis 

 {E. eleqantiii) ; prothorace quam longiori ut 1^ ad 1 latiori, 

 antice parum angustato, canaliculato, ut caput subtiliter 

 coriaceo subopaco, lateribus leviter arcuatis pone medium 

 subsinuatis, angulis posticis obtusis (sed fere rectis) mani- 

 feste reflexis, basi media late leviter lobata, latitudine 

 niajori sat longe ante medium sita ; elytris sat nitidis, 

 striatis, interstitiis antice sat manifeste postice vix convexis ; 

 tarsorum anticorum 4 articulo 4° bilobo, posticorum hoc 

 articulo simplici perbreve (quam articulus 3"^ duplo breviori); 

 unguiculis pectinatis. Long., 2J 1.; lat., 11 1. (vix). 



At once separable from the preceding two species by the fourth 

 joint of the hind tarsi being simple. The post-median common 

 dark blotch on the elytra extends from margin to margin, occupy- 

 ing about the front two-thirds of the hind half of the elytra, 

 and is feebly produced forward at its extremities and on the 

 suture ; its hind margin is not far from straight. The front and 

 middle tarsi are feebly dilated in the male. It is just possibly 

 identical with Sarothrocrepis Mastersi, Macl. (from Queensland), 

 of which the entire description is as follows : — " Length, 3 1. 

 This species, though much smaller, looks very like Lebiaposticalis, 

 Guer. It is however of rather a paler hue, and the black 

 fascia on the elytra is larger." 



Victoria and Tasmania. 



JE fasciata, Macl. (?). I have before me specimens which may 

 appertain to this species. They are from Queensland, Central 

 Australia, and North-west Australia, and therefore likely in 

 respect of their habitat to be Macleay's insect. The description 

 of it is as follows : — " Length, 2 1. Like the last (Sarothrocrepis 



