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diluted with red posteriorly; the under-surface and legs are 

 also more or less deeply infuscated. 



Khyparida pilosa, n. sp. 



■ Castaneous; sides and apical half of elytra, abdomen, and 

 appendages paler. Elytra with rows of fairly long and dis- 

 tinct hairs, head and prothorax with shorter and less distinct 

 ones. 



Head with dense and fairly coarse punctures throughout, 

 with, a feeble medio-basal elevation. Prothorax about half 

 as long as greatest width, sides strongly rounded, front angles 

 lightly armed ; with dense and fairly large but rather shallow 

 punctures, becoming smaller about apex and subconfluent on 

 sides. Elytra parallel-sided from shoulders to apical third, 

 greatest width scarcely more than that of prothorax, but con- 

 siderably wider than base of same; with fairly dense, rather 

 large, and somewhat irregular punctures, becoming smaller 

 posteriorly, and almost disappearing from apical slope. 

 Planks of iirosternum conspicuously striated from base to 

 apex. Hind femora minutely dentate; claws bifid. Length, 

 3-3 J mm. 



Hah. — North-western Australia: Fortescue River (W. 

 D. Dodd). Type, I. 3079. 



The conspicuous elytral clothing readily distinguishes this 

 species from all others of the genus. The basal portions of 

 the elytra are paler than the prothorax, but each has a feeble 

 longitudinal vitta extending from the shoulder to about the 

 middle, where the shade is the same as that of the pro- 

 thorax. The two specimens in the Museum differ somewhat 

 in size, but in very little else; they appear to be females. 



Rhyparida megalops, n. sp. 



(S . Blackish-piceous ; elytra at apex, an indistinct spot 

 on each shoulder, and the appendages testaceous. 



Head with rather dense and strong punctures; not longi- 

 tudinally impressed. Eyes unusually large, distance between 

 them only about one-third the transverse diameter of an eye. 

 Prothorax scarcely twice as wide as median length, front 

 angles almost unarmed ; with fairly numerous, rather small 

 b)ut clearly defined punctures, becoming slightly more 

 numerous and larger on sides than on disc. Elytra sub- 

 parallel-sided to beyond the middle ; with clearly defined rows 

 of fairly large punctures about base, becoming smaller pos- 

 teriorly, and (except about suture and sides) almost dis- 

 appearing from apical slope. Flanks of prosternnm strongly 

 striated throughout. Length, 2f mm. 



