174 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of 



closely punctured. Scutellum semlrotundate. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, narrowly oblong, convex, the 

 humeral callus thickened; surface strongly punctate- 

 striate ; the interspaces nearly plane near the suture, 

 convex towards the sides and apex. 



ChcRtocnema fuscomaculata. 



Elongato-ovata, modice convexa, fulva, nitida, capite, 

 thorace, scutello pectoreque fuscis; thorace fortiter punc- 

 tato ; elytris fortiter punctato-striatis, interspatiis con- 

 vexiusculis, parce, tenuiter punctatis ; utrisque macula 

 humerali alteraque vix pone medium^, transversa, pallide 

 fuscis instructis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



Hab. — Western Australia ; collected by Mr. Duboulay. 



Head rugose-punctate ; encarpge and carina obsolete ; 

 antennae more than half the length of the body, four 

 lower joints fulvous, the rest pale fuscous. Thorax more 

 than twice as broad as long ; sides straight and parallel, 

 rounded and converging in front; surface transversely 

 convex, coarsely and rather closely punctured. Scutellum 

 trigonate-ovate, its apex rounded. Elytra rather broader 

 than the thorax, oblong-ovate, slightly flattened along the 

 suture, strongly punctate-striate ; interspaces convex, finely 

 but not closely punctured. 



Ch(Btocnema carinata. 



Elongato-ovata, convexa, fusco-eenea, nitida, antennis 

 piceis, extrorsum nigro-piceis ; capite exserto, brevi, 

 rotundato, rugoso-punctato, clypeo brevi, medio longi- 

 tudinaliter carinato ; thorace fortiter punctato ; elytris 

 infra basin fovea magna, leviter impressa, instructis; 

 fortiter punctato-striatis, interspatiis convexiusculis, ad 

 latera et ad apicem convexis. 



Long. 1^^ lin. 



Hab. — Western Australia. 



Head slightly broader than long, rotundate ; vertex 

 and front granulose, impressed in the middle with large 

 scattered punctures, rugose on the sides; encarpge obso- 

 lete ; interocular spaces coarsely punctured ; clypeus very 

 short, transverse, coarsely punctured on the sides; carina 

 linear, distinct and extending across the clypeus fr-om base 

 to apex; antennse nearly two-thirds the length of the 

 body ; labrum very broad, short, entirely concealing the 



