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the base as long, sides rounded, moderately converging from base 

 to apex ; basal lobe obtuse, its extreme apex recurved ; upper 

 surface obliquely depressed on outer side just before the base, 

 strongly and rather closely punctured, interspaces minutely 

 granulose-punctate ; lateral margin broadly edged with obscure 

 fulvous. Elytra oblong, scarcely broader than the thorax, fulvous, 

 suture narrowly edged with piceous ; surface distinctly punctate- 

 striate, interspaces faintly wrinkled, nearly plane, slightly convex 

 towards the apex and on the outer side. Beneath black, clothed 

 with coarse, adpressed white hairs ; tibise, tarsi, and four anterior 

 thighs, together with the apices of the hinder pair, obscure 

 fulvous. 



Grenus Diteopidus, Eriehs. 



DiTROPiDTJS PHALACEOiDES. Eotundato-ovatus, postice paulo 

 attenuatus, valde convexus, niger, nitidus, supra (antennis excep- 

 tis) obscure nigro-seneus ; capite thoraceque granulosis, hoc parce 

 tenuiter aciculato-punctato ; elytris tenuiter punctato-striatis, 

 punctis aciculatis, interspatiis planis, iis ad latera convexiusculis. 

 I^ong. i-§ lin. 



Sah. South Australia, G-awler Town. 



Vertex and front plane, sparingly clothed with short silvery 

 hairs, very finely granulose, impressed with a few minute punc- 

 tures, visible only under a strong lens ; eyes moderately distant, 

 angularly notched ; antennae shorter than the head and thorax, 

 the basal joint obscure rufous, the rest shining black; five outer 

 joints broader than long, forming a distinct club ; third to the 

 sixth short, cylindrical. Thorax nearly three times as broad as long 

 at the base ; sides quickly converging and slightly rounded from 

 base to apex, the hinder angle produced posteriorly, acute ; upper 

 surface minutely granulose, rather sparingly impressed with very 

 fine aciculate punctures. Scutellum narrowly wedge-shaped. 

 Elytra very finely punctate-striate, the punctures aciculate ; inter- 

 spaces plane, each impressed with an irregular row of very minute 

 punctures, two outer interspaces slightly convex. 



DiTEOPiDirs LjiTus. Anguste oblongo-ovatus, convexus, cu- 

 prous, nitidus, subtus obscure nigro-seneus ; labro, pedibus anten- 

 nisque fulvis, his extrorsum nigris ; thorace subremote punctato ; 

 elytris satfortiter punctato-striatis, punctis oblongis ; interspatiis 

 ad apicem convexiusculis, externis convexis. Long, f lin. 



Hah. South Australia. 



