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^nd more confusedly {i.e., with punctures still smaller scattered 

 among the prevalent punctures) ; and the epipleurae are still less 

 distinct, the two fine lines (that in the hind half of the elytra 

 represent what in front are the two margins of the epipleura?) 

 l)oth running close before the lateral edge of the upper surface of 

 t;he elytra ; thus the epipleurse in the hinder part are vertical and 

 -excessively narrow, and if they be sought by looking down upon 

 the under surface of the insect they cannot be seen at all. 

 Sedan (South Australia) ; taken by Mr. B. S Rothe. 



M. inconspicua, sp. nov. Oblonga ; sat nitida ; fusca, subtus 

 obscurior, antennis apicem versus picescentibus : capite vix 

 perspicue, prothorace subtilius sat sparsim, elytris crassius 

 «at leviter sat crebre, punctulatis. Long., 1|- 1. ; lat., |^ 1. 



Compared with M. angulata, the antennae are evidently shorter 

 and the prothorax is more transverse (about twice as wide as long), 

 with the posterior angles less dentiform. The puncturation is 

 not much difierent from that of 3£. angulata, but seems to be a 

 little less strongly impressed. The epipleurse are like those of 

 M. divisa. The other structural characters seemed to be iden- 

 tical with those of the preceding three species. 



An example with long slender antennae (not much shorter than 

 t-he body) of which the 3rd joint is evidently longer than the 

 2nd, may perhaps be the other sex of this insect. 



Port Lincoln. 



J/. 3Ieyricki, sjd. nov. Oblongo-ovatus ; niger, prothorace, 

 femoribus, tibiis (his apice excepto), et antennarum articulis 

 basalibus 3 (parte apicali picea excepta), testaceis ; elytris 

 nigrocyaneis ; his crebre minus f ortiter rugulose punctulatis ; 

 •subtus parce pubescens ; epipleuris mox pone medium obso:^ 

 letis. Long., 2f 1. ; lat., l^l. 



A well-marked curved furrow runs across from eye to eye on 

 the head, which is longitudinally carinate down the middle of the 

 anterior portion, and is scarcely distinctly punctulate in any part. 

 The antennae are about three-quarters the leng-th of the body. 

 The prothorax is in outline and puncturation scarcely different 

 from that of Agelastica lineata, except in being slightly more 

 transverse ; it differs in the absence of markings and in the pre- 

 •sence across the centre of an ill-defined but wide and deep trans- 

 verse furrow, which is almost interrupted at its middle. The 

 puncturation of the elytra is rugulose, rather strong, and very 

 -close. 



A single specimen was sent to me from Western Australia by 

 JE. Meyrick, Esq. 



