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of the prosteinum, there is an extremely fine marginal stria 

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

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

 the metasternal lateral stria ; the anterior tibiie are minutely 

 nndtispinulose. 



In New Zealand there are two species of Epierus known to 

 me with projecting mesosterna, viz. E. sylvaniiSy Lew., and 

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

 the mesostcrnum is bisinuous. 



Jloh. Forest Keep, Tamworth, Australia {A. M. Lea, 

 Note-book, 1272). 



Tribal us amnicohij sp. n. 



Ovalis, parum convexiis, piceus, iiitidus, supra vix dense sed per- 

 spicue punctiilatus ; froute impressa : pronoto angiilis anticis 

 ini])ressis, stria niargiuali Integra ; elytris, striis dorsalibus brcvi- 

 bus obsoletis, postice partim rufis ; prosterno striis ntrin(jue 

 divergentibus ; mesosterno transverse, stria perspicue integra, 

 punctnlato ; pedibus brunneis, tibiis anticis spinidosis. 



L. vix 2 mill. 



This species is very similar to T. ruhriculus, 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. ruhriculus. Herr Schmidt describes the meso- 

 sternal stria of T. ruh-iculus as " antice obsoleta," but, 

 allhough iiiie, it is complete throughout and evenly arched. 

 I fortunately possess a typical example of T. ruhriculus 

 received from the author. 



Bah. Salisbury, Mashonaland. " Under dried leaves in 

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

 A.K.Marshall). 



Sternoccelis ovalis, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexus, piceo-brunneus, nitidus ; capite punctate, punctis 

 minime profundis, utrinque carinato ; thorace lateribus punc- 

 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, 

 carinas pass anteriorly along the clypeus, but do not apparently 



