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scale, but eyes of male much more distant ; from D. ochropiis it differs in being 

 slightly wider, less metallic, prothoracic punctures smaller, head not shagreened 

 and with more distinct punctures, and the legs not so brightly coloured ; from D. 

 striatopiiiictiitiis in being less compact, and with eyes more distant; from D. 

 Iciitiilus in l)eing more oblong, less metallic, prothoracic punctures smaller and 

 antennae shorter. The elytra are not as black as the prothorax, and about the 

 apex are obscurely diluted with brown: on a second specimen the punctures on 

 the head are slightly larger and denser than on the type, and the median line is 

 more distinct. 



DITROPIDUS CLYPEALIS sp. nov, 



d Black; clypeus, labrum, basal half of antennae, palpi and parts of legs 

 more or less reddish. Head, under-surface, and legs with sparse, white 

 pubescence. 



Head with dense, fairly coarse, and sharply defined punctures ; median line 

 slightly impressed. Eyes separated about the length of the four apical joints of 

 the club. Prothorax at apex scarcely as wide as the median length, sides strongly 

 rounded ; with dense and rather small, but sharply defined punctures, no larger 

 on sides than in middle. Elytra not much longer than the basal width, sides 

 obliquely narrowed ; with rows of not \ery large punctures, on the sides set in 

 deep striae; interstices with minute punctures. Legs not very thick, the front 

 ones no longer than the hind ones. Length, 2-2 -5 mm. 



Hub. South Australia: Port Lincoln ( F. R. Zietz and Blackburn's coUcc 

 tion) ; New South Wales: Sydney (G. E. Bryant). Type, L 10852. 



A blacker species than the one 1 have identified as D. odczcalini and the 

 jirothoracic and cephalic punctures denser and more sharply defined, etc.; at first 

 glance it somewhat resembles /'. niacrops. but is non-metallic, eyes of male much 

 more distant, and punctures of head very different; these punctures are much as 

 on D. frontalis, D. sobriiuts, D. sciiiiimlum, and D. melasomus, but the body is 

 shorter, and the median line of the head is more distinct. Of the specimens from 

 South Australia, three have the red of the clypeus extended triangularly back- 

 wards for a short distance, their tibiae and front femora are reddish, another has 

 the clypeus black and the knees and tibiae reddish ; two, from Sydney, have the 

 red of the clypeus not extended backwards, and the middle as well as the front 

 femora reddish, the first joint of their club is slightly larger than the following 

 ones, but no darker tlian the preceding ones. 



Var. A. Three specimens from Brisbane ( C. McGregor) and Lucindale 

 (A. M. Lea) differ in being larger (275-3-25 mm.) and in having the legs 

 entirely black, one is a male with the clypeus black, the others are females with 



