466 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or litile-hnown 



and third joints of the anterior tarsi are somewhat dilated in my 



specimen. 



Saragus Duhoulaii. 



S. subrotundus, niger, opacus, late marginatus j elytris confertim impresso- 

 punctatis. 



Hab. Western Australia (Champion Bay). 



Nearly round, brownish black, opake, covered with a very short 

 brownish pubescence ; clypeus very broad, truncate or very slightly 

 emarginate, with a deep groove in the middle behind at its junction 

 with the head; prothorax nearly impunctate, narrowly and deeply 

 emarginate at the apex, the disk scarcely convex, less than half the 

 breadth at the base, and separated from the margins by a strongly 

 marked curved impression ; elytra with numerous small punctures, the 

 disk slightly concave, the margin very distinct, gradually narrowing 

 posteriorly ; body beneath like the upper part ; legs and antennae pale 

 reddish brown, with a short greyish pile. Length 5 lines. 



One of the flattest and most nearly circular of the whole subfamily. 

 I owe my example to Mr. Duboulay. 



Saragus eoculans. 



S. oblongo-ovatus, fusco-brunneus, subnitidus ; prothorace vix marginato j 

 elytris confertim lineato-punctatis, marginibus angustatis. 



Hab. Lord Howe's Island. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, dark reddish brown, subnitid ,• clypeus sloping 

 at the sides, the apex emarginate ; head finely but rugosely punctured ; 

 prothorax closely and finely punctured, the punctures here and there 

 confluent, the apex broadly emarginate, the lateral margins nearly con- 

 founded with the disk; elytra closely lineate-punctate, the margins 

 very narrow, and almost disappearing posteriorly ; body beneath and 

 femora glossy chestnut-brown ; tibiae, tarsi, and antennae pale ferrugi- 

 nous, finely pubescent. Length 5^ lines. 



Resembles S. hrunnipes, but without any dilatation of the margin 



of the prothorax, &c. 



Saragus infelLv. 



S. breviter ovatus, fuscus, opacus ; prothorace confertim pimctato j elytris 

 tricostatis, interstitiis vage punctatis ; tibiis scabris. 



JIab. Tasmania. 



Shortly ovate, blackish brown, opake ; clypeus very transverse, nar- 

 rower anteriorly and emarginate, separated from the head by a deep 

 semicircular line ; head finely but rugosely punctm-ed ; prothorax 

 closely covered with small oblong punctures, the margins broad and 

 subgranulous, the apex rather broadly emarginate; elytra tricostate, 

 the costse moderately elevated, dying out towards the apex, the in- 

 tervals irregularly punctured, the margins narrow but very distinct ; 



