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B. Elytra entireh- dark, ruciTiioRAx nut dark (no representative herein 

 described ) . 



C. Elytra and Pkotikirax entirely dark. 



DITROPIDUS MAJORINUS sp. nov. 



d Bronzy; labrnm, antennae (club infuscated), palpi, and legs (tarsi and 

 knees infuscated) red. Head, under-surface. and legs with white pubescence. 



Head rather coarsely shagreened, with a wide and shallow median line. Eyes 

 separated about the length of three basal joints of antennae. Protliora.v at base 

 al)out twice as wide as the median length, sides strongly rounded, hind angles 

 sliglilly embracing shoulders, scutellar lobe obliquely upturned and very feebly 

 notched ; with small and fairlv dense punctures, becoming aciculate on 

 sides, and to a slight extent about middle of apex. Elytra about as long 

 as wide; with rows of rather large punctures, becoming larger and set in 

 moderate striae on the sides ; interstices with small dense, rugulose punctures 

 (almost shagreened). Lcijs rather stout; hind tibiae rather narrow at base, 

 moderately curved, with the apical two-fifths dilated, and parallel sided almost to 

 ajiex. Length, ,^■5-4 muL 



Hah. South Au,stralia; Mount Lofty (S. H. Curnow). Type, L 10989. 



,\t first glance fairly close to D. concolnr. but jaws of male much less power- 

 ful, legs stouter and red, etc. ; from some directions the dilated part of the hind 

 tibiae appears to commence suddenly. Of the specimens before me one has a dark 

 green gloss on the whole of the upper-surface, and the other has a vague purplish 

 gloss on the elytra. 



DITROPIDUS GLOSSATUS sp. nov. 



(J C(^pperv-bronze. labi-nm. antcnn.ic ( clu1) infuscated). palpi, legs (tarsi 

 and knees infuscated) reddish. Head, under-surface, and legs with white 

 pubescence. 



Head with dense and rather small, subasjierate punctures; median line shal- 

 low. Eves moderately distant. Protliorax at apex about as wide as the median 

 length, sides strongly rounded; with fairly dense and sharply defined, but not 

 \-erv large, punctures in middle, becoming larger and more crowded on sides. 

 F.lytra \er\- little longer than the basal width, sides rather strongly narrowed 

 posteriorly; with rciws of fairlv large ])unctures, becoming larger and set in deep 

 striae on the '^ides ; interstices finely shagreened or with minute dense punctures, 

 l.ei/s rather stout. Length {6 ? I, 3-,V-5 mni' 



