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of the prosternum, there is an extremely fine marginal stria 

 which does not quite reach the base, the transverse stria is 

 very distinct, widely arched, and crenulate, and is joined to 

 the metasternal lateral stria j the anterior tibiae are minutely 

 multispinulose. 



In New Zealand there are two species of Epierus known to 

 me with projecting mesosterna, viz. E. si/Iva?ius, Lew., and 

 E. piirus, Broun, but in both of these the anterior outline of 

 the raesosternum is bisinuous. 



Uab. Forest Keep, Tam worth, Australia {A. M. Lea, 

 Note-book, 1272). 



Trihalus amnicola, sp. n. 



Ovalis, parum coiivexus, piceiis, nitidus, supra vix dense sed per- 

 spicue puiictulatus ; froute impressa ; pronoto augulis anticis 

 irapressis, stria marginali Integra ; elytris, striis dorsalibus brevi- 

 bus obsoletis, postice partim rufis ; prosterno striis utrinque 

 divergentibus ; mesosterno transverse, stria perspicue integra, 

 punctulato ; pedibus brunneis, tibiis anticis spinulosis. 



L. vix 2 mill. 



This species is very similar to T. rubriculus, Sch., but it is 

 more perfectly oval, less convex, and the punctuation (espe- 

 cially on the head and thorax) is much more dense. The 

 thoracic stria behind the neck is also much less conspicuous 

 and less crenulate ; the under surface is more distinctly punc- 

 tulate and the mesosternal stria is less arched and more 

 distinct anteriorly and the mesosternum is relatively narrower 

 than that of T. rubriculus. Herr Schmidt describes the meso- 

 sternal stria of T. rubriculus as " antice obsoleta," but, 

 although fine, it is complete throughout and evenly arched. 

 I fortunately possess a typical example of T. rubriculus 

 received from the author. 



Idab. Salisbury, Mashonaland, " Under dried leaves in 

 November 1898, and in flood-rubbish in April 1899" {Guy 

 A. K. Marshall). 



SternocceJis ovalisj sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexiis, piceo-bruniieus, nitidus ; capite punctato, punetis 

 minime profundis, utrinque carinato ; thorace lateribus inmc- 

 tato ; elytris striis 1-3 dorsalibus leviter impressis; propygidio 

 conspicue punctato ; tibiis mediis et posticis valide triangulariter 

 dilatatis. 



L. vix 2 mill. 



Oval, convex, darkish brown, shining ; the head, surface 

 with shallow punctures, rather closely set, carinate laterally, 

 carin£e pass anteriorly along the clypeus, but do not apparently 



