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ridge. Antennae rather thin, passing base of prothorax, 

 apical joints gradually dilated and forming a loose club. 

 Prothorax about once and one-half as wide as long, sides 

 gently rounded, lateral and basal margins very narrow ; 

 punctures somewhat sparser but otherwise much as on head. 

 Elytra slightly wider than prothorax, sides feebly dilated to 

 near the middle ; without striae except marginal and postero- 

 sutural ones ; punctures slightly larger and sparser than on 

 head. Length, 3f-4 mm. 



Hob. — Western Australia: Geraldton (Blackburn's col- 

 lection, from E. Meyrick and A. M. Lea). Type, I. 6619. 



The type is the specimen commented upon ( 8 ) by the late 

 Rev. T. Blackburn as probably a variety of ferruginea ; but 

 it differs from the real ferruginea (of which there are speci- 

 mens before me identified by Mr. H. J. Carter, and agreeing 

 with the original description) in having the head immaculate, 

 the antennae somewhat longer, punctures of both surfaces 

 slightly larger, sparser, and much more sharply denned, hind 

 angles of prothorax right-angles instead of slightly obtuse 

 ones, elytra with very fine pubescence and not at all shag- 

 reened (the elytra of ferruginea are very finely shagreened, 

 although this character was not noted in the original descrip- 

 tion). At first glance the elytra appear to be glabrous, but 

 from some directions their sides are seen to be clothed with 

 sparse and very short pubescence. The club of the antennae 

 should probably be regarded as three-jointed, but as the 

 eighth joint is intermediate in size between the seventh and 

 ninth, it might almost fairly be regarded as four- jointed. The 

 specimen taken by myself differs from the type in being almost 

 entirely blackish, except for the appendages, which are 

 castaneous. 



PYTHTDAE. 



NOTOSALPINGUS VARIIPENNIS, Lea. 



A specimen of this species was in the Blackburn collec- 

 tion from the Dividing Range in Victoria (it is now first 

 recorded from the mainland). 



NOTOSALPINGUS VARIABILIS, n. Sp. 



Brassy-black or brassy-brown, some parts castaneous; 

 elytra with more or less conspicuous markings, antennae 

 (club lightly infuscated) and legs flavous. 



Head almost flat between eyes, which are very prominent, 

 across them about as wide as the antennae are long, semi- 

 circularly depressed in front; with dense and sharply-defined 

 but rather small punctures. Antennae with second joint not 



WAnte, 1887, p. 273. 



