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strongly dentate; basal joint of front tarsi strongly inflated. 

 Length, 3|-4 mm. 



Hab.—^ew South Wales: Tamworth (A. M. Lea). Type, 

 L 3460. 



In general appearance close to flavipes, but elytral punc- 

 tures nowhere transversely confluent (a character which would 

 exclude it. altogether from the Edusites as defined by Chapuis), 

 and with the cephalic punctures and median impression less 

 distinct. 



Edusa heterodoxa, n. sp. 



S . Of a vivid metallic-green ; labrum and appendages 

 flavous, coxae and abdomen somewhat darker. Upper-surface 

 entirely glabrous, elsewhere almost so. 



Bead with dense punctures of moderate size, becoming 

 confluent posteriorly ; median line well defined, becoming deep 

 in front. Antennae long and thin. Apical joint of palpi sub- 

 ovate, but truncated at apex. Froth or ax scarcely twice as 

 wide as the median length, all angles armed, sides obliquely 

 dilated to middle ; with fairly dense punctures of moderate size 

 on disc, becoming larger and more crowded on sides. Scutellum 

 comparatively small and almost impunctate. Elytra with 

 shoulders and apex rounded, but elsewhere parallel-sided ; with 

 dense and fairly large punctures, transversely confluent behind 

 shoulders, in feeble subgeminate rows in places, and towards 

 suture on apical slope confined to distinct striae. Flanks of 

 'prosternum with dense and rather large punctures, smaller and 

 denser elsewhere. Abdomen glabrous along middle, fourth 

 segment as long as second and third combined and distinctly 

 longer than fifth, the latter foveate in middle. Front femora 

 dentate ; tibiae rather thin ; basal joint of four front tarsi 

 elongate and strongly inflated. Length, 5-5J mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales : Illawarra (H. J. Carter). Type, 

 I. 3636. 



The greatly inflated basal joint of the four front tarsi, and 

 larger fourth abdominal segment, would seem to indicate that 

 the species belongs to Golaspoides or Geloptera, but the palpi 

 truncated at the apex (although much narrower than those of 

 secvrigera or of palpalis) are more in accordance with those of 

 several species of Edusa, and, in fact, at first glance it appears 

 close to such species as chlorophana, flavipes, etc. On two of 

 the three specimens before me the antennae are entirely pale, 

 on the third the tip is very feebly infuscated ; the abdomen is 

 lightly infuscated in the middle of the basal segment; the 

 metasternum is more or less brassy. The sides of the prothorax, 

 whilst not dentate at the middle, are rather conspicuously 

 angulate there. The dentition of the front femora is rather 

 feeble, but quite conspicuous from certain directions. 



