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MIROSARUS, n. gen. 



(Sub-Fam. Anisodactylin.e.) 



G. Selenophoro similis. Corpus oblongo-ovatum. Caput 

 antice obtusum ; foveis frontalibus parvis. Mentum fere eden- 

 tatum. Ligula angusta, apice bisetosa, paraglossia earn super- 

 antibus, latis, auriculatis, ad ligula) angulos super lores intus 

 conjunctis. Palpi apice modice attenuati, truncati. Elytra 

 interstitio tertio pluripunctato. Tarsi $ , quatuor anteriores 

 articulis 4 dilatatis (2-4 late cordatis), plantis squami-setis 

 erectis dense vestitis, scopam planam simulantibus. 



Recent describers of Australian Harpali, following tbe example 

 of Dejean, have paid no attention to the shape and clothing of the 

 dilated tarsal joints of the males, and have consequently mingled 

 together in one genus the most diverse generic forms, belonging 

 even to distinct sub-families. The present very distinct genus 

 is common in all the temperate parts of the country, and many 

 closely allied species, races or varieties, have been described by 

 Castelnau and W. Macleay, Jun. They may be known at once 

 by their exact resemblance to the common American species of 

 Selenophorus. The emargination of the mentum has a scarcely 

 perceptible angular prominence in the middle and is sometimes 

 quite edentate. 



Mirosarus insularis. 



Nigro-ciipreus, antennis basi, palpis (partim) tibiis et tarsis 

 fulvo-testaceis ; elytris $ nitidis, 9 Rub-opacis : thorace trans- 

 versim quadrato, lateribus arcuatis antice pauUo magis quam 

 postice angustato, angulis posticis rotundatis, margine postico 

 medio late sinuato, basi utrinque coriaceo-punctato, foveis latis ; 

 margine laterali reflexo, rufescenti : elytris ante apicem sinuatis, 

 supra acute striatis, striolaque scutellari elongata, interstitiis 

 planis, 3, 5 et 7 versus apicem caiteris latioribiis, tertio pimctis 

 umbilicatis sex conspicuis. Long. 9 mm. 



The amount of pale colouring on the basal joints of the 

 antennas and on the palpi is very variable ; but the scape is 

 generally of a clearer red. The thorax is much broader than 

 long, and its sides are more arcuated than in alhed species from 

 Continental Australia, the widest part being a little anterior to 

 the middle. The punctures of the third interstice are all 

 situated in the middle of the interstice, and not near the stria;. 



South or Central Tasmania (Simson). 



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