about middle with a strong double tooth. Antennae thin, none of the joints 

 transverse, first as long as second and third combined, eleventh almost as long 

 as ninth and tenth combined. Prothorax about twice as long as wide, widest 

 near apex, sides slightly incurved near base, front angles completely rounded 

 off; with dense punctures much as on head, but becoming coarser near base. 

 Elytra about the length of prothorax, but conspicuously wider, and slightly 

 ^der than head, angles rounded off ; with dense and rather deep punctures, 

 somewhat larger than on base of prothorax. Abdomen about half the total 

 length, with crowded punctures ; subapical segment feebly incurved at apex 

 ■on under-surface, the apical one deeply notched. Legs long and thin, hind 

 tibiae with a conspicuous projection near outer apex; front tarsi stout, four 

 basal joints lopsided, fifth thin; middle and hind tarsi thin, the basal joint 

 distinctly longer than the rest combined. Length, 10-11 mm. 



Hab. — Victoria: Geelong and Portland (H. W. Davey). 



Close to the species I have identified, with some doubts, as P. victoriae, 

 but head narrower, antennae longer, and elytra entirely pale. At first glance 

 the derm appears to be opaque, but this is entirely due to the short clothing. 

 The neck, thin as it appears from above, appears much thinner from the sides ; 

 it has a thin ridge, and this may be traced as an impunctate line to half-way 

 between the eyes. From above the abdomen appears to be immarginate, but 

 on the sides feeble ridges may be seen towards the base of most of the segments. 

 The punctures on the under-surface are much as on the elytra, except on the 

 head, where they are more rugose, with the interspaces opaque or shagreened. 

 The basal joint of the hind tarsi is almost twice as long as the rest combined. 



Procirrus opacus, n. sp. 



d . Opaque piceous-brown, head and most of abdomen still darker. Basal 

 half of antennae, maxillary palpi, mandibles and legs reddish, labial palpi, 

 apical half of antennae and tarsi paler. Clothed with very short, depressed, ashen 

 pubescence. 



Head rather long, constricted in front of eyes, rounded behind them, and 

 with a long and thin neck, a very thin ridge on basal half ; with crowded 

 and rather small but sharply-defined punctures. Mandibles long and acute, 

 with a strong double tooth before the middle. Antennae long and thin, basal 

 joint rather stout and almost as long as second and third combined, apical 

 joint distinctly longer than tenth, median joints slightly shorter and thinner 

 than the others. Prothorax fully twice as long as wide, sides widest in front, 

 slightly incurved near base, front angles rounded off, a very narrow ridge on 

 basal two-thirds ; with crowded punctures, somewhat coarser than on head, 

 especially at base. Elytra conspicuously wider than prothorax, and about the 

 same length ; with somewhat similar punctures. Abdomen long ; with crowded 

 punctures ; a short feeble ridge on most of the segments on each side represent- 

 ing the margins, but the sixth with a narrow slit on each side ; under-surface 

 of subapical segment with an equilaterally triangular notch. Legs long and 

 thin; hind tibiae with a projection near outer apex; front tarsi with four basal 

 joints large and lopsided, hind tarsi very long, the basal joint more than twice 

 as long as the others combined, middle tarsi shorter but somewhat similar to 

 the hind ones. Length, 9-11 mm. 



Hab. — North-western Australia: Derby (Dr. A. M. Morgan), Fortescue 

 River (W. D. Dodd). Type, I. 12656. 



In general close to P. dolichoderes, but the derm really opaque and not 

 apparently so only; the elytra are of the same dingy colour as the prothorax, 

 this is less rounded in front and the legs and antennae are paler. The punctures 

 cause the prothorax to appear densely and finely granulate. 



