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Agetinus admirabilis, n. sp. 



Of a vivid green, parts of under-surface brassy; labrum 

 and appendages more or less reddish, but parts of antennae 

 infuscated. 



Head sliagreened, somewhat irregularly impressed 

 between eyes, with a feeble median line; witli dense punc- 

 tures of moderate size; clypeus semicircularly incised. Pro- 

 thorax and legs as in preceding species. Elytra rather 

 strongly convex, sides somewhat obliquely flattened, greatest 

 height submedian; with dense punctures, distinctly larger 

 than on prothorax, and many transversely confluent; a few 

 moderate subsutural striae on apical slope, but elsewhere 

 without defined lines. Length, 3|-4 mm. 



Hah. — North-western Australia: King Sound (W. W. 

 Froggatt). Type, I. 3401. 



With the curious front tibiae of aequalhy but differs from 

 that species in the elytra between the suture and sides more 

 evenly rounded, with punctures rather more crowded and 

 frequently transversely confluent, many of the punctures on 

 and at the sides of the apical slope are confluent, whereas 

 on aequalis the elytra are usually without any confluent punc- 

 tures, and even when a few are present these are confined 

 to the vicinity of the shoulders. Of six specimens, all of a 

 vivid green, under examination four have the front tarsi 

 slightly Vv'ider than tliose of the others, the abdomen less 

 convex, longitudinally depressed on each side, and the apical 

 segment with a small round fovea. They appear to be males. 

 Each of the others, however, has a larger fovea on the apical 

 segment, and one of these has a short soft projection issuing 

 from the tip of the abdomen and tipped w^itli two minute 

 processes, so it is evidently the tip of an ovipositor. The 

 punctures on the clypeus are usually, but not always, smaller 

 than on other parts of the head. 



Agetinus confluens, n. sp. 



Brassy, in some places brassy-green ; labrum and 

 appendages reddish, but tips of som.e antennal joints in- 

 fuscated. 



Head with very dense and frequently confluent punc- 

 tures, median line ill-defined; clypeus slightly depressed. 

 Prothorax with moderately rounded sides, greatest width sub- 

 median, with an ill-defined but fairly distinct median line; 

 with very dense and mostly longitudinally confluent punc- 

 tures of moderate size. Elytra moderately long, gently con- 

 vex ; with rather large asperate punctures, crowded on basal 

 half and becoming smaller posteriorly; apical slope with well- 

 defined striae separated by conspicuous ridges, some of the- 



