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Head shallowly depressed between eyes, median line 

 absent ; punctures of rather small size, but sharply defined and 

 somewhat unevenly distributed. Eyes comparatively large. 

 Prothorax with strongly rounded sides ; punctures on disc 

 small and rather sparse, but becoming coarse and crowded on 

 sides. Elytra with irregular punctures; apical slope strongly 

 and almost regularly striated. Flanks of 'prostemum with 

 distinct punctures, episterna striated. Femora moderately 

 stout, front pair lightly dentate ; tibiae rather lightly dilated 

 to apex, with distinct ridges, less conspicuous on the front pair 

 than on the others. Length, 4 J mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Gayndah (A. M. Lea). Type 

 (unique), I. 3581. 



The tarsi of the type appear to be feminine, as the basal 

 joint is alike in all, but the abdomen is so irregularly con- 

 tracted (perhaps from immaturity) that its sculpture cannot 

 be given. The differences in size and density between the 

 punctures on the sides and on the disc of the prothorax are 

 much more pronounced than is usual in the subfamily. On 

 the elytra, behind the shoulders, the punctures are rather 

 dense and coarse, and exhibit a tendency to become confluent, 

 on the apical slope they are confined to the striae, elsewhere 

 they are small, or at most of moderate size, and are in more 

 or less irregular (usually subgeminate) rows. 



ClEPTOR PALLIDIVENTRIS, n. Sp. 



d" . Metallic-green ; labrum and appendages more or 

 less reddish, tips of five apical joints of antennae infuscated. 



Read with fairly dense, sharply defined punctures of 

 moderate size. Prothorax with sides strongly rounded, and all 

 angles armed; with very dense punctures of moderate size, 

 rather less crowded on disc than elsewhere. Elytra with fairly 

 dense punctures of moderate size, becoming larger behind 

 shoulders and smaller towards suture than elsewhere, mostly 

 more or less seriate (or geminate) in arrangement; striation 

 of apical slope rather conspicuous. Pro^ternum densely punc- 

 tate throughout. Fifth segment of abdomen with a 

 conspicuous median depression. Front femora distinctly 

 dentate ; tibiae with conspicuous ridges, rather strongly but 

 evenly dilated to apex ; basal joint of four front tarsi strongly 

 dilated. Length, 3-J mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Brisbane (A. J. Turner). Type, 

 I. 3582. 



Two females that appear to belong to the species differ 

 from the type in being larger (4 mm.), of an almost purplish- 

 bronze, but appearing black in parts, and with the margins 

 bluish or greenish ; they have a well defined median line on 



