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densely arranged near middle of elytra, and forming an 

 oblique fascia on each. Under-surface greenish-blue and 

 rather scantily clothed with pale, depressed hairs. 



Head wide, with a large round int-erocular depression 

 and close rugose punctures. Antennae moderately long, reach- 

 ing to beyond the middle of prothorax, joints 9 and 10 

 obconical, the eleventh ovate-acuminate. Frothorax almost as 

 long as wide, before the apex with a curved, and at the base 

 with a straight transverse impression, the latter deeper than 

 the former, the disk with a deep round depression, the top 

 of which touches the anterior transverse impression, sides 

 well rounded, the greatest distance between them being near 

 the middle; middle of disk with fine transverse wrinkles, the 

 punctures only individually distinct near apex and sides. 

 Elytra at base wider than prothorax and about twice as long 

 as wide, sides almost parallel to beyond the middle then 

 gently rounded off towards apex, humeral angles prominent, 

 with ten rows of moderately large punctures, which begin 

 from behind the base and end abruptly at the median fascia 

 of hairs, the base with only a few small, scattered punctures, 

 the posterior part behind the fascia with disjointed rows of 

 obsolete punctures. Posterior femora do not reach apex of 

 posterior part of body. Length, 6'5-7 mm. 



Hah. — -Western Australia: Swan River (J. Clark). 

 Type, in author's collection. 



A very distinct species, and readily distinguished by the 

 oblique fascia of pale hairs near the middle of the elytra. 

 On one specimen the head is green with brassy reflections, 

 and underneath the fasica of hairs there are traces of green. 

 The sculpture of the elytra is very similar to that of Pli. 

 miindus, Blackb., but is distinguished from it by its colour 

 and the elytral fascia, the shape and puncturation of the 

 prothorax is also different, and the eyes are somewhat more 

 prominent. 



Phlogistus punctatus, Hintz. 



A specimen from Bowen, Queensland, agrees very well 

 with the author's description, except that the whole of the 

 antennae are testaceous, the labrum, anterior and inter- 

 mediate legs are also of the same colour, the two latter have 

 their knees infuscated, the posterior tibiae on the under- 

 surface are pale. The sutural row of punctures begins almost 

 immediately behind the scutellum. 



Tarsostenus univittatus, Rossi. 



Opilo incertus, Macl. 



Macleay's name will now have to be added to the several 



synonyms of this cosmopolitan species. There are specimens 



of it in my collection from Queensland, South Australia, 



and Western Australia, and they are, inter se, variable both 



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