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rather strongly convex, sides evenly rounded, front angles 

 acute, hind ones obtuse ; with dense but not very large punc- 

 tures, becoming conspicuously transversely or obliquely con- 

 fluent on sides. Elytra not much wider than prothorax; with 

 rather large punctures, more or less conspicuously transversely 

 confluent, except on parts of the apical slope. Abdomen 

 glabrous along middle, apical segment with a transverse impres- 

 sion. Front femora lightly dentate; basal joint of four front 

 tarsi distinctly inflated. Length {d , 9)> ^I'l^i "^^• 



9 . Differs in the abdomen and tarsi. 



//«?>.— Western Australia: Perth (H. H. D. Griffith), 

 Capel River (W. D. Dodd), Darling Ranges (A. M. Lea). 

 Type, I. 3469. 



The front femora are certainly dentate, but the tooth is 

 invisible from most directions. I have, however, placed the 

 species in the table with those having conspicuously dentate 

 femora, as from certain directions the tooth is seen to be the 

 culmination of a widely angulate space. Joints two to four 

 of the antennae, and the lower portion of the first are usually 

 conspicuously paler than the others ; the tibiae are usually 

 entirely of a dingy-red, but sometimes their tips are deeply 

 infuscated ; the knees and trochanters are also usually reddish. 

 The elytral scales are somewhat unevenly distributed, but are 

 nowhere fasciculate in arrangement ; they are rather denser 

 on the sides and apical half than elsewhere. The front margin 

 of the labrum from some directions appears to be evenly 

 rounded, but from others finely serrated. On the prothorax, 

 owing to the irregularity of the punctures on the disc, there 

 appear to be feeble tubercular elevations. 



Edusa palpalis, n. sp. 

 PL viii., fig. 119. 

 cf . Brassy-purple, some parts coppery, clypeus metallic- 

 blue in front, posteriorly becoming green, then coppery ; 

 labrum, palpi (tips infuscated), antennae (tips of many of the 

 joints blackish), and legs more or less reddish. Upper-surface 

 with moderately dense, but somewhat unevenly distributed, 

 whitish, depressed pubescence. 



Head shagreened ; punctures dense but small and 

 indistinct, median line distinct in front, but feeble elsewhere.; 

 clypeus depressed, highly polished, at base with some small 

 and fairly distinct punctures, but scarcely traceable elsewhere. 

 Prothorax shagreened ; with strongly rounded sides, hind angles 

 rounded, front subdentate ; with small punctures. Elytra 

 with sides gently rounded ; punctures not very large, but 

 transverse rugulosity very conspicuous almost throughout. 

 Ahdomen widely glabrous along middle, apical segment with a 

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