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abdominal fovea is decidedly larger and quite circular. The 

 front tibiae are more acutely produced outwards at the apex, 

 and the notch is less distinct from behind, although quite 

 distinct from certain directions. 



Agetinus obliquus, n. sp. 

 PL vii., fig. 86. 



Golden-green, under-surface brassy; femora, tibiae, 

 palpi, and basal half of antennae reddish, apical half of 

 antennae and tarsi more or less infuscated. 



Head finely shagreened, somewhat irregular between 

 eyes; with dense punctures of moderate size. Froihorax 

 with sides scarcely rounded, but rapidly decreasing in width 

 from base to apex; punctures much as on head. Elytra 

 strongly convex, greatest height near scutellum, sides 

 obliquely flattened ; with dense punctures of fairly large size, 

 becoming smaller towards suture, and a few confluent behind 

 shoulders, interspaces with minute ones; a few well-defined 

 -Striae on apical slope. Abdomen with a round apical fovea. 

 Legs stout; tibiae strongly ridged, triangularly dilated at 

 apex, the front pair conspicuously notched at the outer apex; 

 tarsi wide. Length, 4J-4J mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Coen River (W. D. Dodd), Cook- 

 town (H. J. Carter). Type, I. 3296. 



With the curious front tibiae and sloping sides of elytra 

 of aequaUs, but differs from that species, and from the fol- 

 lowing one, in the suture being very decidedly more elevated 

 towards the base, so that when viewed from the sides their 

 greatest elevation is quite distinctly seen to be near the base ; 

 on aequalis and on the following species the sutural slope is 

 much more gradual, so that from various points of view 

 almost any part of the basal third may appear to be the 

 highest part. The labrum is of a dingy-red. The elytral 

 punctures are decidedly larger than the prothoracic ones; 

 except on the apical slope there are no distinctly elevated 

 spaces, although feeble remnants of impunctate lines may be 

 traced on some specimens; although dense the punctures could 

 scarcely be regarded as crowded, neither are they lineate in 

 arrangement, but on some specimens the remnants of impunc- 

 tate lines appear to divide them into longitudinal areas. 

 Three specimens differ from the types in having the upper 

 surface of a golden-red, but becoming green on sides of elytra; 

 another is golden-purple, and two others have the upper- 

 surface entirely purple, the under-surface also purple, but 

 becoming green in parts; they are probably all males. 



