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but not acute ; scutellum narrowly triangular ; elytra obovate, 

 closely and strongly punctate-striate, the intermediate intervals 

 more elevated, the margins of the disk and apex fulvous ; 

 body beneath and femora at the base dark glossy brown, 

 sparsely punctured ; rest of the femora, tibiae at the apex, and 

 tarsi clear fulvous ; palpi and antennae yellowish ferruginous, 

 the latter a little thicker outwards, the last joint oval, nearly 

 equal to the two preceding together. Length 3 lines. 



Dystalica. 



Oculi angustati. 



Tarsi subtus pilosi. 



Prothorcuv apice emarginatus, latcribus crenatus. 



In habit resembling Adelium jjorcatum more than anything 

 else in the subfamily. 



Dystalica homogenea. 



D. subparallela ; capite prothoraceque nigris ; elytris seneis, fortiter 

 punctato-striatis. 



Hab. Swan River. 



Head and prothorax closely and rather coarsely punctured ; 

 clypeal suture strongly arched, sending back on each side a 

 shallow groove terminating near the upper edge of the eye ; 

 prothorax much broader than long, convex, the sides rounded 

 and remotely crenate 5 scutellum narrowly triangular ; elytra 

 oblong, the sides nearly parallel, about the width of the pro- 

 thorax, strongly punctate-striate, the punctures approximate, 

 intervals between the striae narrow and very convex, epi- 

 pleurae coarsely and rather closely punctured ; body beneath 

 and legs greenish black, glossy, slightly punctured ; antennae 

 with the third joint elongate, fourth to tenth equal and ob- 

 conic, the last oval, not larger nor longer than the tenth. 

 Length 8 lines. 



Omolijms loevis. 



0. ater, nitidus ; an tennis tarsisque ferrugineis ; elytris subtiliter 

 seriatim pnnctatis. 



Hab. Cape York. 



Black, shining ; head and prothorax very minutely punc- 

 tured, the latter transverse, well rounded at the sides, the base 

 broader than the apex ; scutellum very small, triangular ; 

 elytra shortly ovate, seriate-punctate, the punctures very small 

 and invisible to the naked eye ; body beneath and legs very 

 glossy ; the antennas, palpi, and tarsi ferruginous ; claw-joint 

 very stout. Length 6 lines. 



