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minus ruf escentibus, pedibus (tibiis nonimllis exemplis apicem 

 versus infuscatis) et elytroruDi macula magna lateral!, 

 testaceis ; capite prothoraceque (hoc sat transverse, medio 

 canaliculato, leviter minus crebre punctulato) alutaceis ; 

 elytris prothorace sat longioribus, sat fortiter sat crebre 

 punctulatis ; abdomine subnitido subalutaceo, segmentis 

 singulis apicem versus punctulatis. 

 Maris mandibulis supra in medio dente suberecto armatis ; 

 tuberculis antennariis valde productis ; antennis corporis 

 dimidio longioribus. 

 Feminie mandibulis inermibus ; tuberculis antennariis parvis ; 



antennis brevioribus. Long., l-f 1. ; lat., -| 1. 

 The antennal tubercles of the male are produced into elongate 

 subcylindric processes, while in the same sex the basal joint of 

 the antennae is extraordinarily developed (being as long as the 

 prothorax), and the antennae set back would reach almost to the 

 apex of the elytra. The general facies is entirely that of a 

 typical Bledius. The large conspicuous testaceous spot on the 

 elytra near the lateral margin is a very distinctive character, 



Victoria ; on the banks of the Ovens R. 

 B. Ovensensis, sp. nov. Sat nitidus (capite prothoraceque sub- 

 opacis) ; pube argentea vestitus, abdomine setis erectis in- 

 structo ; niger, mandibulis tibiis tarsisque rufescentibus ; 

 capite prothoraceque (hoc minus transverso, lateribus pone 

 medium sinuatim convergentibus) creberrime subtilissime 

 punctulatis ; elytris prothorace multo longioribus, crebre 

 sat fortiter punctulatis ; abdomine supra vix perspicue (sub- 

 tus sparsius sat fortiter) punctulato ; antennis brevibus. 

 Maris (?) prothorace baud canaliculato. 

 Femina? (?) prothorace longitudinaliter subtiliter canaliculato. 



Long., U 1. ; lat., -/g 1. 

 This species must be near B. aterrimus, Fvl., but seems to 

 differ by its differently coloured legs and much longer elytra ; 

 these latter are described as scarcely longer than the prothorax 

 in B. aterrimiis^ whereas in the present species they are not much 

 shorter than the head and prothorax together. 



Victoria ; on the banks of the Ovens R. 

 B. infans, sp. nov. Totus nitidus ; pube argentea vestitus, ab- 

 domine setis erectis instructo ; niger ; mandibulis pedibus et 

 nonnullis exemplis antennarum apice rufo-testaceis ; capite 

 prothoraceque (hoc minus transverso, lateribus pone medium 

 sinuatim convergentibus, linea dorsal i vix impressa) sub- 

 Isevigatis ; elytris prothorace multo longioribus, crebre sat 

 fortiter punctulatis ; abdomine supra vix perspicue (subtus 

 sparsim sat fortiter) punctulato ; antennis brevibus. Long., 

 1 1. (yix). 



