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tudinaliter depresso, spatio depresso minus lato sat parallelo 
utrinque longitudinaliter carinato, lamellis abdominalibus 
haud integris. Long., 1 1; 34 1. 
This species, in its colour and markings, is more or less like 8. 
insidiosus and Australasia, but at once distinguished from them 
by the considerably stronger puncturation of its elytra, which 
associates it with S. Whittonensis, a very differently coloured 
species, with bright fulvous (instead of ashy-white) pubescence. 
Victoria ; Alpine district. 
S. Whittonensis, sp. nov. Breviter ovalis ; lete aureo-vel fulvo- 
pubescens ; modice convexus; minus nitidus; crebre sat 
distincte punctulatus ; piceo-niger, capite prothoracis mar- 
gine antico lateribusque prosterni lateribus pedibus anticis 
femoribus intermediis et tarsis omnibus rufo-testaceis ; pro- 
sterno medio longitudinaliter depresso, spatio depresso lato 
sat parallelo utrinque leviter longitudinaliter carinato ; 
lamellis abdominalibus haud integris. Long., 1 1.; lat., =]. 
This species resembles S. tenebricosus, Bohem., in puncturation, 
but is very differently coloured, its pubescence particularly being 
of a bright fulvous colour. The limit of the dark part of the 
prothorax consists of a curved line commencing on the lateral 
margins a little in front of the base, and nearly touching the 
anterior margin at its middle. 
N.S. Wales; taken by Mr. Koebele near Whitton. 
S. (tan gen. nov.) queenslandicus, sp. nov. Oblongus ; albido- 
pubescens; minus convexus ; minus nitidus; obcure brun- 
neus, antennis pedibusque dilutioribus, epipleuris testaceis!; 
capite prothoraceque crebre subtiliter, elytris et corpore 
subtus fortiter minus crebre, punctulatis; prosterno medio 
longitudinaliter depresso, spatio depresso minus lato sat 
parallelo utrinque leviter longitudinaliter carinato ; lamellis 
abdominalibus haud integris; suturis ventralibus eequaliter 
sat profunde impressis. Long., #1. ; lat., 4 1. (vix). 
This minute insect is probably not a true Scymnus , the only 
definite character, however that I can find to distinguish it con- 
sists in the first ventral suture not being enfeebled in the middle; 
the comparatively narrow elongate flattish form gives it a facies 
unlike Scymnus. Nevertheless, as I have not an example for 
dissection, and so cannot satisfactorily investigate its characters, 
it is better to place it provisionally in Scymnus, from which I do 
not think it could be far removed structurally. 
An example occurs among Mr. Koebele’s Scymnide which is a 
little less elongate, less parallel, and more convex (being, there- 
fore, more Scymnus-like in form) ; it possibly represents a closely 
allied distinct species ; the flattened space on its prosternum (as 
