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short, thickened, the 7-8 joints quadrate, 9-10 slightly trans- 

 verse ; thorax nearly semicircular, transverse, the anterior 

 strongly curved and narrow, the posterior extremities abruptly 

 truncated, it may be obtuse ; the elytra about the apex are 

 rather narrow, the thorax a little wider, slightly longer ; the 

 abdomen conical and shorter. 



Length — 3-4 mill. 



Localities. — Victoria, King George's Sound, Adelaide. 



Obs. — The relative punctuation easily distinguishes this 

 species from all others of the same localities. 



4. Teibe Aleocharixi. 

 key to genera. 

 Sect. I. — Gyrophcencs. 

 Labial palpae of three joints. Mesosternal plate narrowed 

 to the middle. Brachida. 



Sect. II. — Aleocharce. 

 Antennae having eleven joints. 



a. Anterior and intermediate tarsi of four joints, the 

 posterior ones having five. Anterior and middle legs 

 pubescent ; labial palps of three joints ; lower lip 

 bifid ; mesosternal plate keeled. Bolitochara. 



h. Anterior tarsi of four joints, middle and posterior of 

 five. Head not carried on a very slender neck. First 

 joint of posterior tarsi a little elongated, not so long 

 as the two following put together. The middle hips 

 approaching one another. Homalota. 



c. All the tarsi having five joints. 



1. Head projecting, free from the corselet and attached 



at the base ; first joint of posterior tarsi at least 

 as long as the two following taken together. 



Calodera. 



2. Head sunk in the corselet, or very slightly attached 



to the base ; labial palps of four joints, maxillary 

 of five. First joint of posterior tarsi nearly equal 

 to the second. FauveUa. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF BRACHIDA. 



Antennae testaceous. siotitrcdis. 



B. suturalis, Fauvel, II., p. 107. 



Short, stout, rather broad, somewhat nitid, rather densely 

 covered with a fine yellow pubescence, abdomen haviu*^ a 

 scattered pile, the insect being a testaceous red all over, head 

 and belt of 5-6 segments dusky, the antennae short, slender, 

 slightly thickened towards the apex, the first joint being thicker, 

 2-3 narrower, equal and elongated, the fourth short, transverse, 



