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p. Burrundiensis, sp. nov. Breviter obtuse ovalis ; convexus ; 



iiitidissimus ; niger ; anteiinis pedibusque piceis ; elytris 



perspicue striatis, interstitiis puncturis sat subtilibus biseria- 



tim leviter impressis ; antennavum clava minus elongata, 



articulo ultimo pra^cedentibus 2 conjunctis vix longitudine 



a^quali, apice minus acuminato. Long., 11-1. ; lat., -il. 



This species is very like P. corruscm, Panz., but differs in being 



an evidently wider insect in proportion to its length, in its more 



evenly rounded sides — the greatest width of the body being a 



little behind, rather than at, the base of the elyrta — and in the 



last joint of the antenna? being scarcely so long as the preceding 



two together, and being of more conical form, with the apex 



blunt. The punctu ration of the elytra, too, w^lien attentively 



examined, is seen to be different. In corruscus it is tine, close, 



and even, there being no striae (except the sutural one), and 



scarcely a trace of longitudinal arrangement in any part of the 



puncturation. In the present species the elytra are very feebly 



.striated throughout, the stride for the most part running in pairs 



(each pair very close together), and the spaces between the 



several pairs of striie (which are much wider than those between 



the striai of each pair) bear each two rows of punctures, which 



are very faintly impressed rather than very line, but are quite 



discernible under a good lens. In the example before me the 



apical joint of the antennae is obscurely testaceous. 



Northern Territory of S. Australia. 



OLIBRUS. 



0. Victoriensis, sp. nov. Latus ; breviter ovalis ; nitidus ; tes- 

 taceo-rufus ; capite postice et prothorace (lateribus et basi 

 exceptis) obscurioribus ; capite prothoraceque subtilissime 

 confertim punctulatis : elytris punctulato-substriatis, inter- 

 stitiis perspicue minus crebre punctulatis. Long., 1^1.; 

 lat., 1 1. 



This insect seems to possess all the characters of OUbrics, the 

 hind tarsi longer than the intermediate, wdth basal joint shorter 

 than the second, tibia? having apical spines, etc., etc. Compared 

 with 0. corficalis, Sch., it is a good deal wider in proportion to its 

 length, and is considerably less attenuated behind, and less 

 convex ; the puncturation of its elytra is as strong in the inter- 

 stices as in the stride, and is slightly stronger than in 

 PhalacriLs caricis, Stui-m. 



Victoria ; in the Alpine district. 



NITIDULID.E. 



In recently working through the specimens belonging to this 

 family in my collection, I have been surprised to lind how little 



