the Tenebrionidos of Australia &c. 101 



punctured, indistinctly ribljcd, tlie suture raised into a finely 

 marked narrow carina ; body beneath dull black, tlic margins 

 of the elytra glossy ; legs slightly hairy. Length 4-5 lines. 

 A depressed form allied to 8. Duhoulaii, Pasc, but, inter 

 alia, with a very distinctly elevated suture. 



Saragus iiicisus. 



S. obovatus, fuscus, opacus, postice convexior ; prothorace lobo 

 gibboso postice angulato-emarginato ; clytris singulatim uni- 

 costatis, extus triseriatim tubcrculatis. 



Hub. New South Wales (Mudgee, under stones). 



Obovate, dark brown, opaque ; head and prothorax covered 

 with short minute ridges (except the centre of the latter), 

 and more or less longitudinal or slightly oblique ; eyes not 

 approximate, front rather concave ; prothorax deeply emargi- 

 nate at the apex, the angles on each side produced, subacute, 

 behind the middle a slightly gibbous lobe angularly emargi- 

 nate posteriorly ; scutellum broad, rounded behind ; elytra 

 gradually broader behind for about two-tliirds of their length, 

 the suture finely raised, each elytron with a stout costa near 

 the suture, abruptly terminating near the commencement of 

 the posterior declivity, the space between the two irregularly 

 but finely pimctured, between the costa and expanded margin 

 three rows of small elevated tubercles ; body beneath and legs 

 black, rather glossy. Length 10 lines. 



A very distinct species, approaching, but only to a limited 

 extent, S. Imvicollis, Fab., and its allies. 



Saragus asperii^es. 



S. breviusculus, obovatus, fusco-niger, opacus ; elytris lineatim sub- 

 tiliter punctatis, marginibus angustis, baud corrugatis; tibiis 

 tubcrculato-hispidis. 



Ilab. South Australia (Port Lincoln, under stones). 



Rather shortly obovate, brownish black, opaque ; clypeus 

 slightly emarginate ; head and prothorax finely but not closely 

 punctured, the latter with the disk slightly convex, distinctly 

 separated from the margins, and of a paler brown, raised and 

 thickened at the edges ; scutellum broadly transverse ; elytra 

 more convex posteriorly, finely punctured in slightly irregular 

 lines, every fourth interval between the lines slightly elevated, 

 the margins very narrow and gradually obliterated posteriorly, 

 not marked with transverse folds ; body beneath and legs 

 brown, slightly nitid ; tibitB covered with small hispid tuber- 

 cles ; tarsi yellowish ferruginous ; antenna? with the last joint 

 nearly circular. Length 5-G lines. 



