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posteriorly becoming confined to striae. Front femora 

 lightly but acutely dentate. Length, 3 J mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine (A. M. Lea). 

 Type (unique), I. 3501. 



In some lights the elytra appear to have narrow green 

 margins. Although the elytral punctures (except on parts of 

 the apical slope) are not in regular striae they appear to be in 

 almost regular rows,, but about the basal third a few are 

 transversely confluent. There are but seven joints of one 

 antenna (and less of the other) present on the type, and these 

 are entirely pale, but the tips of the palpi are infuscated. 



Geloptera angulicollis, n. sp. 

 PI. vii., fig. 82. 



9 . Bronzy ; under-surface reddish-castaneous, append- 

 ages paler, but tip of antennae infuscated. 



Head with dense punctures of moderate size, larger on 

 base of clypeus and smaller on front of same than elsewhere ; 

 an irregular depression between eyes, and a narrowly impressed 

 median line. Prothorax with sides distinctly armed at base 

 and apex, sides obliquely dilated to middle, which is con- 

 spicuously angnlate but not dentate; with rather large punc- 

 tures, crowded on sides, but somewhat sparser on disc. Elytra 

 suboblong, not very long ; sutural half with subgeminate punc- 

 tures, becoming confined to striae on apical slope, lateral 

 portions with crowded and irregular punctures, many of which 

 are irregularly confluent. Flanks of fro&ternum with rather 

 dense punctures. Abdomen strongly convex; fifth segment 

 with a distinct carina along middle. Femora stout, front pair 

 lightly dentate; hind tibiae rather elongate, not very wide at 

 apex. Length, 5 -5 J mm. 



Hab.—'New South Wales: Mount Wilson (H. J. Carter). 

 Type, I. 3643. 



The tooth of the front femora, although in itself very 

 small and from some directions invisible, is rendered fairly 

 conspicuous by being the summit of an angular inflation. The 

 tarsi and the strongly convex abdomen are indicative that the 

 three specimens before me are females, but the conspicuously 

 carinated abdomen should be a useful aid to identification. 

 In general appearance it is like some species of Agetinus. 

 On one specimen the upper-surface has a vague bluish gloss, 

 this bein^ especially the case with the punctures. On each 

 elytron there are several feebly-elevated interstices, of which 

 the most conspicuous one forms the dividing line between the 

 subgeminate and the crowded punctures, but it is traceable 

 neither to base nor apex. 

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