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rugulose minus crebre {Brachyptero gravida, Illig. comparato) 



punctulato ; prothorace quam elytra paullo angastiori, 



fortiter transverse, antice angustato, ut caput punctulato ; 



scutello magno (fere ut B. gravidi) ut caput punctulato ; 



elytris quam prothorax fere ut 3 ad 2 longioribus, quam 



pronotum magis leviter magis crebre (nee magis subtiliter) 



punctulatis ; propygidii margine postico fortiter sinuato. 



Long., 1 1.; lat., | 1. 



Perhaps nearest to N. australis, Blackb., which it resembles in 



its stout robust build, differing however in its darker colouring 



(especially on the under surface) and the notably coarser punc- 



tu ration of its upper surface. 



Tasmania ; also Victoria (Dividing Range). 

 N. (Brachypterus) testaceus, Boheoi. The specimen referred to 

 by me in a former memoir (Tr. R.S., S.A., 1892, p. 28) as possibly 

 this species is that which I have now described as iV" hitescens. 

 Unfortunately Bohemann mentions few characters of value to 

 distinguish testaceus from its subsequently described congeners, 

 but if he had had N. pubesceris before him I think he would cer- 

 tainly have called its pronotum ' creberrime" rather than "sat 

 crebre" punctulatum ; moreover the extreme remoteness inter se 

 of the places of capture renders it unlikely that the two species 

 are identical. M. Grouvelle has sent me a specimen of 

 N. bi/oveatus, Blackb,, as testaceus; it is from Adelaide (the 

 known habitat of bi/oveatus) and has the two fove^e on the head 

 extremely distinct. Bohemann describes the head of testaceus 

 somewhat fully but does not mention any foveas. I suspect that 

 there is a Notobrachypterus of testaceous colour found near 

 Sydney (distinct from both bi/oveatus and lutescens) which I 

 have not seen. 



NJ {Brachypterus) metallicus, Reitt I have not seen any 

 specimen to which this name can be referred. 



N. pauxillus, sp. nov. Ovalis ; breviter pubescens ; sat nitidus ; 

 obscure brunneus, antennis pedibusque testaceis ; capite 

 antice transversim arcuatim leviter impresso, sparsius 

 minus fortiter punctulato; prothorace quam elytra vix 

 angustiori, fortiter transverso, antice minus angustato, fere 

 ut caput (sed disco postice magis subtiliter magis sparsim) 

 punctulato ; scutello minore, antice sparsius subtilius punc- 

 tulato, postice laevi ; elytris quam prothorax fere ut 3 ad 2 

 longioribus, sat crebre leviter nee subtiliter (quam B. gravidi, 

 Illig. multo magis leviter minus crebre, fere ut A^. bi/oveati, 

 Blackb., sed magis leviter) punctulatis. Long., |- 1.; lat., f I. 

 The comparatively small scutellum with its hinder part smooth 

 and the punctures of its front part sparse and somewhat fine 

 distinguishes this species from most of its allies. iV. lilliputanus 



