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rather deep pit ; tliorax not quite so broad as elytra, slightly- 

 narrowed towards the base, a little longer than broad, the 

 anterior extremities raised, slightly depressed, with 4-5 dorsal 

 rows of punctures, three or four placed towards the front, and 

 one by itself near the middle, a lateral row of five or six punc- 

 tures, these being finer ; scutellum punctate ; elytra a little 

 longer than thorax, red, sparsely but finely punctate, lateral 

 margin smooth ; abdomen also sparsely and finely punctured, 

 with a scattered pile, the top of the fifth segment and the 

 whole of the sixth testaceous red ; feet pitchy red. 



Length. — 13i mill. 



Localities. — New South Wales, Queensland, Rockhampton, 

 Adelaide. 



Ohs. — M. Fauvel has determined by a comparison of speci- 

 mens that this species is identical with the cervinipennis of Mr. 

 MacLeay ; vide Trans. Ent. Soc, KS.W., 1871, II., 138. 



X. chloropterus, Er., Gen. Staph., 311 ; Fauvel, I., 75. 



Almost the same size as X. chalyheus, more slender, black, 

 opaque, elytra slightly nitid, abdomen sub-bronzy ; in appear- 

 ance preferable to glahratus ; antennae very little longer than 

 head, the 4-10 joints equally thickened, rather sensibly shorter, 

 the apex of the eleventh ferruginous ; palpae pitchy red at the 

 top ; head same length as thorax, base of latter as long as the 

 top, front part narrow, oblong-triangular, base and sides very 

 little convex, posterior extremities rather so, being strongly 

 rounded, with one somewhat large puncture towards the middle, 

 and one more impressed near the upper margin of the eye, 

 moreover it is smooth except the ordinary furrows ; thorax 

 and apex of elytra are same length, towards the base the 

 thorax is rather narrow, a little longer than broad in front, 

 the sides straight, the apex obliquely truncated on either side, 

 anterior angles sub-rotund, rather convex, having one long 

 punctate impression on the top, in other respects very smooth, 

 slightly alutaceous ; middle of scutellum punctate, elytra very 

 little longer than thorax, somewhat alutaceous, with three rows 

 of punctures, the first in the form of a suture, the second 

 dorsal, the third marginal, the top of the margin is reflexed 

 and the apex here and there punctate, the abdomen elongate, 

 parallel, the punctm'es moderately fine, with a little black pile ; 

 wings dark brown. In October. 



Length— 17 -2^ mill. 



Localities. — New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Port 

 Augusta, Adelaide. 



X. chalcopterus, Er., Gen. Staph, 312 ; Fauvel, I., p. 76. 

 Same appearance as fidgidus^ but much larger, black, shines 



