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lariter transversim impresso, elytris sfriatis striis tribus 

 versus basin distinctis ceteris subobsoletis, corpore subtus 

 nigro segmentis abdominalibus leviter impressis, antennis 

 palpis coxis tarsisque piceo-rufis. 

 A common species on the Murrumbidgee. It is small and 

 narrow. Tbe back of the head is greenish. The thorax has the 

 median line deeply impressed and terminating some distance 

 from the apex in a deep eniargination of the transverse impres- 

 sion. The three stride nearest the suture on the elytra are 

 tolerably well marked on the basal half, the others are very 

 faint. 



Pbomecoderus anthracinus. 



Long. 6| lin. 



Niger nitidissimus, capite inter oculos utrinque leviter canali- 

 culato postice transversim impresso, elytris ad suturara 

 bistriatis striis apicem hand attingentibus, segmentis 

 abdominalibus utrinque foveatis baud transversim striatis, 

 antennarum articulo primo rtifo. 

 From the Lower Murrumbidgee. It is of elongate form. 

 The head is shallowly impressed on each side between the eyes. 

 The thorax is lightly marked on the median line, and has a trans- 

 verse impi'ession near the base. The striae on the elytra are 

 almost obsolete, excepting two on each side of the suture, which 

 are tolerably well marked for two-thirds of their lengths from 

 the base. The sublateral groove is very short. All the abdomi- 

 nal segments have a deep fovea on each side, but without trans- 

 verse striae. 



Promecoderus olivaceds. 



Long. 6 lin. 



^neo-brunueus nitidus, capite nigro, thorace subelongato 

 canaliculate, elytris ovatis striatis ad latera glabris sulco 

 sublaterali brevi, corpore subtus nigro, segmentis abdo- 

 minalibus utrinque leviter foveatis et canaliculatis, antennis 

 palpis coxis tarsisque piceo-rufis. 



