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convex (each side with fine conspicuous unisetose denticula- 

 tions; with dense punctures, slightly larger than on head, 

 and becoming more crowded and larger on sides. Elytra at 

 base slightly wider than prothorax, sides gently dilated to 

 beyond the middle, and then widely rounded to apex ; with 

 fairly dense punctures, distinctly smaller than on prothorax, 

 becoming very small posteriorly, and nowhere seriate in 

 arrangement. Length, l|-2|mm. 



Hab. — Northern Queensland (Blackburn's collection) r 

 Hamilton (Queensland Museum) ; New South Wales : Rich- 

 mond River (A. M. Lea), Nepean River (A. J. Coates) ; South 

 Australia: Mount Lofty (S. H. Curnow). Type, I. 6147. 



Allied to dentaticollis, but wider, prothorax evenly 

 convex from side to side (instead of flat or depressed in 

 middle), punctures somewhat smaller, not quite so dense, but 

 rather more sharply defined, elytra wider at base, and punc- 

 tures nowhere seriately arranged. The upper-surface is 

 entirely glabrous. The specimens from Mount Lofty differ 

 from the others in being somewhat narrower, with elytral 

 punctures stronger, and the prothoraeic ones conspicuously 

 stronger, especially at the sides. 



Neosalpingus obscuripennis, n. sp. 



Head and prothorax brassy, elytra and under-surface 

 piceous-brown, appendages (club excepted) paler. Upper- 

 surface with a few short, erect hairs. 



Head wide and flat, with two vague longitudinal depres- 

 sions in front, muzzle almost parallel-sided, somewhat less 

 than the width behind the eyes ; with rather dense and 

 sharply-defined but not very large punctures. Eyes moder- 

 ately distant from base. Antennae moderately long, with 

 an abrupt three-jointed club. Prothorax lightly transverse, 

 but median length greater than basal width, greatest width 

 near apex, apex itself distinctly wider than base ; with dense 

 and fairly large punctures, becoming crowded on sides ; with 

 a shallow longitudinal impression and two small sub-basal 

 ones, the three usually obscurely connected together ; each 

 side with four or five unisetose denticulations. Elytra at base 

 slightly wider than widest part of prothorax, sides feebly 

 dilated to about the middle, and then as feebly diminishing 

 in width to near apex ; with regular rows of not very large but 

 sharply-defined punctures, becoming much smaller posteriorly. 

 Length, 2J-3J mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales : Jenolan ; Tasmania : Mount 

 Wellington, Hobart (A. M. Lea); South Australia: Lucin- 

 dale (B. A. Feuerheerdt). Type, I. 6150. 



