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crebre sat fortiter punctulato, fronte antice emarginata^ 

 sutura clypeali profunda ; antennis protlioracis basin baud 

 attingentibus, articulis 1° 2" que incrassatis 3" — 8" brevibus 

 parvis 9" 10° que transversis (his cum 11" ovali clavam sat 

 abruptam formantibus) ; prothorace quam elytra paullo 

 angustiori, quam latiori sublongiori, antice leviter angustato, 

 supra crebre fortiter punctulato, carina mediana longitudinal! 

 obsoleta instructa, ante basin impresso, utrinque prope mar- 

 ginem lateralem carina subtili ornato, laterious leviter 

 arcuatis, angulis omnibus obtusis ; elytris striatis, interstitiis 

 hie et illic obtuse convexis sparsim leviter punctulatis. 

 Long., -i 1.; lat,, I'V 1. (vix). 

 Victoria (mountains near Bright). 



MYRABOLIA. 



Species of this genus seem to be numerous in Australia, and 

 are closely allied 'inter se. In this paper I offer descriptions of 

 two new ones and also furnish a table showing the distinctive 

 characters of the hitherto described species. The two described 

 by Reitter (as noted more fully below) are placed in the tabu- 

 lation by virtue of the characters observed in a specimen (of one 

 of them) named by M. Grouvelle rather than on the characters 

 assigned in the descriptions. If they are not Reitter's species I 

 am convinced that the latter are unknown to me — which is not 

 probable, especially since some of my specimens are from Reitter's 

 locality (Tasmania). The character " dorsal striae of the elytra 

 doubled " will be found explained below under M. longicollis. 



Tabulation of species of Myrabolia. 



A. Dorsal strite of the elytra doubled. 



B. A dorsal impression (not a mere flattening) 



on front part of pronotum ... ... haroldiana, Reitt. 



BB. No dorsal impression on the pronotum ... pai'va, Blackb. 



AA. The stripe of the elytra about 9 in number. 

 B. Elytral interstices with a very clearly defined 

 single rov;' of large punctures (scarcely 



smaller than those of the pronotum) ... longkorjiis, Blackb, 



BB. Puncturation of the interstices much less 

 clearly defined. 

 C. Pronotuui very finely punctured (scarcely less 



iively thsijim Lre77iophIo<us2msilhis, Schonh) lindensis, Blackb. 

 CC. Pronotum considerably less finely punctured. 



D. Prothorax strongly transverse ... ... grouvelleana, Reitt 



DD. Prothorax only feebly transverse ... longicollis, Blackb. 



31. Jongicornis, sp. nov. Oblonga ; sat convexa ; subnitida ; 

 subtiliter fulvo pubescens ; fusco-ferruginea ; capite sat lato, 

 sat fortiter minus crebre punctulato ; antennis prothoracem 

 medium excedentibus ; prothorace transversim quadrato 

 (latitudine majori parum pone apicem posita), supra ant 



