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Head obscurely shagreened and with minute punctures. 

 Eyes rather small, prominent, and entire. Antennae elongate, 

 second joint much shorter than third, eleventh very little 

 longer than tenth. Prothorax about twice as wide as the 

 median length, sides strongly rounded, front angles much 

 below middle ; with minute punctures, with some larger ones 

 (but still small), scattered about. Elytra subovate, not much 

 longer than wide, base truncate and no wider than base of 

 prothorax ; with almost regular rows of small punctures, aiul 

 a few scattered about on basal half. Flanks of prosternum 

 smooth and almost impunctate. Abdomen with a rather small, 

 round, apical fovea. Femora stout, elongate; tibiae stout, 

 dilated to apex, with several costae ; basal joint of front tarsi 

 moderately inflated. Length, 4^ mm. 



Hah. — Lord Howe Island (J. C. Wiburd). Type (unique), 

 I. 3598. 



An apterous species, in some respects close to the preceding 

 one, but with much smaller punctures, and hind tibiae less 

 conspicuously canaliculate. On close examination the elytra 

 appear to be very feebly shagreened, the punctures in the 

 rows are quite as large posteriorly as towards the base, and, 

 being closer together, cause an appearance as of feeble striation 

 on the apical slope. 



Rhinobolus nitidus, Blackb. 



The type (now in the British Museum) and a co-type (now" 

 in the South Australian Museum) of this species are evidently 

 females. The male differs in being slightly smaller, and with 

 the upper-surface entirely of a brassy-green (the prothorax 

 usually more brassy than green) ; the under-surface is of a dark 

 metallic green, the antennae and legs are stouter, and the 

 basal joint of each of the four front tarsi is fully twice as wider 

 as the corresponding joint in the female. One female before 

 me has the head and prothorax entirely bronzy-black, and the 

 elytra purplish-black, except for a narrow bluish border. 



Hah. — South Australia: Quorn, Kilkerran, Murray 

 Bridge ; Victoria : Sea Lake. 



Rhinobolus parvicollis, n. sp. 



c^ . Bright metallic-green, in some places with a brassy 

 gloss; labrum and appendages reddish-flavous, but tips of 

 palpi and parts of antennae blackish. 



Head flat and with a small median impression between 

 eyes; with dense and fairly large punctures there, becoming 



