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transverse rido-es are traceable almost from the suture to the- 

 side. The antennae are sometimes entirely dark, as are also 

 the legs ; on several specimens parts of the upper-surface are 

 obscurely purplish. The elytra are very feebly pubescent 

 posteriorly, 



Agetinus hackeei, n. sp. 



(S . Brassy ; labrum and appendages more or less reddish. 



Head shallowly imjoressed in middle ; with dense punc- 

 tures of moderate size, becoming small on front of clypeus. 

 Protliorax with sides strongly rounded, about the middle fre- 

 quently subangulate, with dense punctures of moderate size, 

 becoming larger and more crowded on sides, with some feebly- 

 elevated impunctate spaces. Elytra short and wide, costae 

 either absent or represented by feeble remnants only; with 

 dense and fairly large punctures, frequently transversely con- 

 fluent ; apical slope with numerous small tubercles or obtuse 

 granules, and without striae, except one on each side of suture. 

 Abdomen with a small apical fovea. Legs stout: tibiae dis- 

 tinctly ridged, somewhat dilated at apex, the front ones 

 notched at outer apex ; basal joint of each tarsus dilated. 

 Length, 5J-6J mm. 



9 . Differs in being more robust, abdomen more convex 

 and non-foveate, and basal joint of tarsi smaller. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Blue Mountains (Blackburn's 

 collection), Galston (D. Dumbrell), Lawson, Mittagong (A.M. 

 Lea), National Park, Sydney (H. J. Carter and Lea) : Queens- 

 land : Stradbrooke Island (H. Hacker). Type, I. 3564. 



In size and general appearance close to subcosfatvs, but 

 elytra without the conspicuous flat costae of that species; on 

 some specimens, however, there is an appearance in places as 

 of remnants of same. On many specimens each side of pro- 

 thorax is feebly angulate about the middle, but frequently it 

 is quite evenly rounded. The labrum is usually dark in the 

 middle, but varies from entirely pale to entirely dark ; usually 

 the second to fifth joints of antennae are entirely pale, and 

 the under-surface of the first and of the sixth and seventh are 

 pale, but occasionally only parts of the three basal joints are 

 pale : the apical joints of the palpi are dark : usually only the 

 tarsi are black, but occasionally the legs are entirely black ; 

 on an occasional specimen many of the elytral punctures have 

 a greenish or purplish gloss. The impunctate spaces on the 

 prothorax are neither sharply defined nor large, and occasion- 

 ally are altogether absent, they usually appear to be in three 

 transverse series, of which the median series (composed of from 

 four to six spaces) is generally more distinct than the others. 

 The transverse ridges between the confluent punctures on the 

 elytra are very conspicuous except posteriorly, where they are 



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