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Read with fairly numerous and sharply defined but not 

 very large punctures, denser on clypeus than elsewhere. Fro- 

 th orax with rather strongly rounded sides, angles obtusely 

 armed ; with fairly dense and not very large punctures on disc, 

 becoming suboblong and rather crowded on sides. Elytra with 

 numerous almost regular rows of rather small punctures, of 

 almost even size throughout, except that they are fairly large 

 behind the shoulders; striation rather strong on apical slope. 

 Flanks of prosternum with numerous strong punctures, except 

 close to outer margin. Metasternum with dense and fairly 

 large punctures. Fifth segment of abdomen with a feeble 

 median depression. Femora edentate; tibiae with strong 

 ridges, almost evenly dilated to apex ; basal joint of four front 

 tarsi inflated. Length ( d' , 9)> 2-2| mm. 



9 . Differs in having somewhat thinner tibiae, and in 

 the abdomen and tarsi. 



Hah. — Queensland: Kuranda (H. Hacker and H. J. 

 Carter, from G. E. Bryant). Type, I. 3578. 



A small deep-blue species, not very close to any other 

 known one ; the shoulders have a vague coppery gloss. The 

 male has a -rather distinct median line on the head, but on 

 the female it is scarcely traceable. Partly owing to its punc- 

 tures, and partly to the impunctate spaces adjacent to the 

 antennae, the clypeus appears to be subtriangularly depressed. 



Division, 2. 



Cleptor globulus, n. sp. 



Brassy, in places with a slight greenish gloss; appendages 

 reddish, tip of antennae infuscated. 



Head with crowded punctures of moderate size; median 

 line shallow. Prothorax with sides feebly rounded but rather 

 strongly diminishing in width from base to apex ; shagreened 

 and minutely punctate. Elytra almost as wide as long; with 

 dense punctures of moderate size, smaller towards suture and 

 larger behind shoulders than elsewhere. Abdomen convex; 

 fifth segment with dense and fairly large punctures. Length, 

 2f mm. 



Hab. — Western Australia: Kalgoorlie (F. H. du Boulay). 

 Type (unique), I. 3419. 



A small, compact species, at first glance suggestive of 

 Ditropidus, but with the pygidium concealed. The type 

 appears to be a female, as the fifth segment of its abdomen 

 is without a depression, and the basal joint of no tarsus is 

 distinctly inflated. The shagreening of the prothorax causes 

 the same to appear less polished than the scutellum and elytra. 

 The elytral punctures are mostly in rows, some of which are 



