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Head with dense and small, but fairly well --defined 

 punctures; median line feeble or absent. Second joint of 

 antennae stouter and not much shorter than third, and quite 

 as long as fourth. Prothorax with small and more or less 

 concealed punctures. Elytra with fairly dense and rather 

 small punctures, nowhere transversely confluent. Femora 

 edentate. Length, 3J-3f mm. 



Hah.—Souih Australia (Macleay Museum) : Morgan 

 (Mrs. Kreusler), Murray Bridge (A. M. Lea). Type, 

 I. 3223. 



The sexual differences axe much as on the preceding 

 species, from which, and from all others of the genus, it is 

 readily distinguished by its entirely pale under-surface. 



Edusa araeoceroides, n. sp. 



(S . Reddish-castaneous, non-metallic, appendages (tip 

 of antennae excepted) somewhat paler ; under-surface (parts 

 of sterna and tip of abdomen excepted) black ; suture infus- 

 cated. Moderately clothed with stramineous pubescence, be- 

 coming paler on under-surface. 



Head shagreened, and with rather indistinct punctures ; 

 median line faint. Second joint of antennae stouter and not 

 much shorter than third. Protlwrax shagreened ; with minute 

 punctures. Elytra with dense and rather small punctures, 

 becoming larger about basal third (except towards suture), but 

 nowhere transversely confluent. Abdomen glabrous along 

 middle ; apical segment with a median fovea. Femora eden- 

 tate ; basal joint of front tarsi inflated. Length, 2| mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Port Denison (Macleay Museum), 

 Rockhampton; New South Wales: Tamworth (A. M. Lea). 

 Type, I. 3224. 



In general appearance, at first glance, strikingly like some 

 of the smaller species of Araeocei'us (of the Anthrihidae). It is 

 fairly close to hlackhurni, but is smaller, prothorax with punc- 

 tures scarcely traceable before abrasion, and elytral punctures 

 also smaller. On the type the elytral clothing appears to be 

 slightly irregular, but this may be due to partial abrasion. 



Edusa fusca, n. sp. 

 PL viii., fig. 114. 

 <S . Of a dingy reddish-brown, prothorax somewhat 

 darker; under-surface almost .black. Rather densely clothed. 

 Head shagreened and with dense but more or less con- 

 cealed punctures. Prothorax shagreened, with minute 

 punctures; front angles acutely dentate. Elytra short, with 

 some fairly large punctures at basal third, but elsewhere 

 small, dense, and more or less concealed. Ahdomen rather 



