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all angles evenly rounded ; with moderately dense, small, evenly 

 distributed punctures. Elytra rather wide, suboblong ; with 

 dense and rather small punctures, becoming smaller posteriorly, 

 with a feeble transverse depression on each side at about basal 

 third (where the punctures are larger than elsewhere, but not 

 transversel}" confluent), and a longitudinal submedian one. 

 Abdomen glabrous along middle, apical segment convex in 

 middle of apex, feebly depressed before same. Femora eden- 

 tate ; four front tarsi with basal joint distinctly inflated. 

 Length ( c? , 9 ), 3-3J mm. 



9 • Differs in the abdomen and tarsi. 



Hah. — Victoria: Dividing Range (Blackburn's collec- 

 tion); New South Wales: Eden (H. J. Carter). Type, 

 I. 3233. 



The elytra have a submaculate appearance, but the species 

 is very different to the preceding one, as the darker parts of 

 the elytra are due to the pubescence there being of the same 

 shade of colour as the derm, with the paler portions less lineate 

 in arrangement. But the punctures are also different, the 

 outlines differ considerably, and each elytron is without the 

 post-humeral carina. 



Edusa melanoptera, n. sp. 



<S . Black, head and prothorax with a slight coppery 

 gloss ; labrum and appendages (tips of palpi and of antennae, 

 and the claws excepted) more or less reddish. Moderately 

 clothed with rather short, whitish, silken pubescence ; on the 

 elytra some longer hairs scattered about. 



Head shagreened ; with dense but not very large punc- 

 tures, more clearly defined on clypeus than elsewhere : median 

 line rather wide and distinct in front, feeble about base. Pro- 

 thorax shagreened ; with small and rather dense punctures. 

 Elytra suboblong ; with dense and fairly large punctures, larger 

 (and a few transversely confluent) about basal third than else- 

 where, and becoming rather small posteriorly, but smaller at 

 summit of apical slope than at end of same. Apical segment 

 of abdomen transversely impressed in middle. Front femora 

 scarcely visibly dentate ; four front tarsi with basal joint dis- 

 tinctly inflated. Length ( d , 9)> 4J-5 mm. 



9 . Differs in the abdomen and tarsi. 



Hab.—^Gw South Wales: Jenolan (J. C. Wiburd). Type, 

 L 3462. 



A dark species with elytra almost entirely non-metallic, 

 and the gloss on head and prothorax not very pronounced. The 

 elytra in places appear to have remnants of geminate striae. 

 The front femora have a subangulate swelling, that from cer- 

 tain directions is seen to culminate in a small tooth, but it is 



