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latter traceable, but less distinctly so, almost to base. Legs 

 moderately stout; tibiae strongly ridged and dilated at outer 

 apex. Length, 3^-3^ mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Dalby (Mrs. F. H. Hobler) ; New 

 South Wales: Whitton (A. M. Lea); South Australia: 

 :Nruriootpa (J. G. 0. Tepper). Type, I. 3414. 



The punctures of prothorax and sculpture of elytra 

 should render this species very distinct. From some direc- 

 tions the outer apex of the front tibiae appears to be almost 

 evenly rounded, but from others it appears to terminate in 

 an acutely triangular tooth. The abdomen is non-foveate on 

 the four specimens under examination, but as one of these 

 has the basal joint of the front tarsi distinctly larger than 

 on the others, it is probably a male, and the others females 

 (one certainly is, as its ovipositor is extended). Three speci- 

 mens have the clypeus and sides of elytra greenish, but on 

 another no green is present. 



AgETINUS CICATRICOSUS, l\. Sp. 



(S . Brassy ; base of antenna-e and tip of tibiae of a more 

 or less dingy-red. 



Head rather strongly convex, with a distinct but rather 

 small inter-ocular fovea; with dense punctures of moderate 

 size, smaller about fovea than elsewhere, and becoming con- 

 fluent towards sides. Proihorax with strongly rounded sides, 

 with an impunctate median line very conspicuous on basal 

 half ; with dense punctures of moderate size, in places obliquely 

 or transversely confluent, but separately impressed in middle 

 of apex. Elytra rather elongate, with fairly large, crowded, 

 asperate punctures, frequently transversely confluent, even 

 posteriorly; suture and remnants of costae shining. Apical 

 segment of abdomen flattened in middle. Ler/s stout; tibiae 

 strongly ridged, outer apex dilated ; basal joint of four front 

 tarsi strongly dilated. Length, 3|-4| mm. 



9 . Differs in having the abdomen more convex, legs 

 thinner, and basal joint of four front tarsi much smaller. 



Hah. — Western Australia: Vasse River (A. M. Lea). 

 Type, I. 3563. 



A narrow species, at first glance suggestive of Geloptera 

 nodosa in miniature. Differs from all the costate species of 

 the genus by the shining median line on prothorax. The 

 jelytral costae are more or less broken up, but the one near the 

 suture is occasionally traceable throughout; there are no 

 distinct elytral striae except a rather feeble subsutural one on 

 the apical slope ; the running together of the punctures is 

 -especially conspicuous behind the shoulders, where some of the 



