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the twenty-two examples before me; a narrow edge at the 

 apex of the elytra is also fulvous, and on most specimens is 

 joined to the crescent-shaped patch with a very narrow strip 

 at the margins. The head and prothorax are in parts 

 shagreened owing to the density of the punctures. The femora 

 and tibiae are brown, in parts paler, the base and apex of the 

 latter, and the tarsi are fulvous. A more robust species than 

 T. lateralis, Blackb., with the shape of the prothorax very 

 different, the punctures on the elytra larger, and the two 

 first joints of the tarsi more dilated. 



CLERIDAE. 

 Phlogistus ag^raphus, n. sp. 



Upper-surface piceous, subnitid, apendages of mouth and 

 the antennae testaceous, club of latter infuscated, head in 

 parts reflecting blue, legs dark blue to piceous. Clothed with 

 moderately long griseous hairs, thicker at the sides of pro- 

 thorax than elsewhere. Under-surface green, with brassy 

 reflections, and scantily clothed with griseous hairs. 



Head with a distinct, round, moderately deep fovea 

 between the eyes, and with closely-set, somewhat deep punc- 

 tures, more or less rugose towards forepart. Antennae reach- 

 ing to about middle of prothorax, joints 9 and 10 transverse, 

 the eleventh ovate-acuminate. Prothorax transverse, the 

 anterior margin wider than the basal one, before apex with 

 a curved, and at the base with a straight transverse im- 

 pression, the centre of disc with a moderately deep depression, 

 in the centre of which is a tolerably long, deep furrow, the 

 sides are strongly rounded, the greatest distance between 

 them near the middle ; with somewhat dense punctures, about 

 same size as those on head but more feeble, transversely 

 rugose on disk and sides. Elytra at base distinctly wider than 

 prothorax, and about twice as long as wide, sides parallel 

 to beyond the middle, then gently rounded off towards apex; 

 with ten rows of large, deep, quadratic punctures, which start 

 from behind the base and extend to about the apical quarter 

 of elytra, the apical fourth with rows of almost obsolete 

 punctures. Legs robust, posterior femora almost reaching 

 apex of abdomen. Length, 9'5-ll mm. 



Rah. — Western Australia: Cottesloe (H. M. Giles); 

 Perth (J. Clark). Type, in author's collection; co-type, 

 I. 15337, in South Australian Museum. 



A very robust species ; on some specimens the greenish 

 reflections on the elytra are stronger than on others; on the 

 elytra the basal and apical portions are more nitid than the 

 remainder, the large seriate punctures suddenly cease at the 

 apical fourth, then continued, only very feebly, in rows to 

 the apex. In sculpture it comes nearest to Fh. imperialiSy 



