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very marked so that it hovers a little doubtfully between the two 
groups (metallic and non-metallic species) into which I have 
divided the Arsipode in my tabulation. 
S. Australia ; Murray R. district. 
A. deceptrix, sp. nov. Mas. Breviter ovalis; nitida; nigra, 
antennarum articulis basalibus 5 vel 6 pedibus abdomineque 
fulvis ; capite subleevi, inter oculos sulcato, oculis inter se 
minus distantibus ; antennis quam corporis dimidium paullo 
longioribus, articulo 1° modico minus crasso, 2° minus brevi, 
3° quam 1" vix breviori quam 4° paullo longiori ; prothorace 
quam longiori plus quam duplo latiori, sparsim minus 
subtiliter punctulato, antice leviter angustato, utrinque 
longitudinaliter sulcato, lateribus fere rectis, angulis anticis 
incrassatis oblique truncatis; elytris haud striatis, seriatim 
subtiliter (in parte discoidali quam prothorax nullo modo 
magis fortiter) punctulatis, interstitiis planis sparsim 
subtiliter (quam series magis subtiliter) punctulatis. Long., 
peta. 4 1. \Cvix): 
Femina differt ut A. eneofulve. 
This species must be very close to A. fulvipes, Baly (from N. 
Queensland), but can hardly be identical with it on account of 
its smaller size, and especially its non-striate elytra. (Dr. Baly 
says that the elytra of A. fulvipes are “distinctly punctate- 
striate.”) The humeral calli being prominent cause the appear- 
ance of a furrow immediately within them, and these pseudo- 
furrows being opposite the longitudinal sulci of the prothorax it 
appears from a certain point of view as though the latter were 
continued on the elytra. A good idea of the sculpture of the 
elytra may be given by comparing it to that of the European 
Apteropeda graminis, Hoftm., which is similar in kind. In the 
present species, however, the seriate punctures are much coarser 
close to the base than on the rest of the surface, the largest 
punctures being larger than any on A. graminis, and the 
generality of punctures being decidedly finer than the seriate 
punctures of that species ; the punctures of the interstices are a 
little finer than in A. graminis, so that (except close to the base) 
there is less difference between the seriate and interstitial 
punctures, from which it results that (except close to the base) 
the rows of punctures are considerably less conspicuous. 
N.S. Wales; taken by Mr. Froggatt near Maitland. 
A. pallidicornis, sp. nov. Fem. Late ovalis; nitida; nigra, 
antennis totis tibiis anterioribus 4 et tarsis omnibus pallide 
testaceis, abdomine rufo; capite ut A. deceptricis ; antennis 
gracilibus, quam corporis dimidium vix longioribus, articulis 
1—4 ut A. deceptricis ; prothorace fere ut A. deceptricis sed 
