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A narrow species, with a peculiarly silken lustre. The 

 elytra from certain directions have a vaguely ribbed appear- 

 ance. A second specimen agrees in all details with the type 

 except that it is of a beautiful golden-red, somewhat as in rasa, 

 from which, however, it differs in many particulars. The 

 antennae are damaged on both specimens, but at least the nine 

 basal joints are entirely pale. They both have the fifth seg- 

 ment of abdomen strongly incurved to middle and transversely 

 impressed : characters which would appear to be masculine, 

 but from the type a lengthy ovipositor is protruding. It is 

 the first species recorded from the Territory. 



TOMYEIS WIBURDI, n. Sp. 



Of a dull bronze, the head brassy ; labrum and appendages 

 more or less of a dingy flavous, but eight apical joints of 

 antennae more or less conspicuously infuscated or black, apical 

 joint of palpi black, and femora and parts of tarsi distinctly 

 infuscated. Densely clothed with short white pubescence. 



Rather compact. Densely covered with small asperate 

 punctures; smaller on elytra than on head and prothorax. 

 Antennae not very thin, extending to about middle of 

 abdomen. Elytra with apical third more conspicuously nar- 

 rowed than is usual in genus. Ahdomen with an impression 

 extending across almost the entire fifth segment. Length, 

 3 mm. 



7/r/7>.- New South Wales: Jenolan (J. C. Wiburd). Type 

 (unique), I. 3475. 



A curious greyish-looking species, with distinctive elytra. 



TOMYRIS QUEENSLANDICA, n. Sp. 



9 • Bronzy, under-surface almost black : labrum and 

 appendages of a more or less dingy flavous or testaceous, but 

 tips of palpi, tips of most of the antennal joints, and parts of 

 legs more or less conspicuously infuscated or blackish. Rather 

 densely clothed with short whitish pubescence, longer on elytra 

 than elsewhere. 



With crowded asperate punctures, more sharply defined 

 (although somewhat smaller) on elytra than elsewhere. 

 Antennae rather thin, extending to about middle of abdomen. 

 Length, 2| mm. 



Tlah. — Northern Queensland (Blackburn's collection). 

 Type (unique), I. 3268. 



The elytra appear to have vague remnants of striation. 

 The types of this species and of similii< are the only specimens 

 of the genus that I have seen from Queensland. 



