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and thin, second joint slightly larger than third, their com- 

 bined length slightly more than that of fourth. Prothorax 

 fully thrice as wide as the median length, sides gently 

 rounded and feebly decreasing in width from base to apex ; 

 with dense punctures, smaller than on head, but in places 

 feebly transversely confluent. Elytra the width of prothorax 

 at base, almost parallel-sided throughout ; punctures not quite 

 as dense as on prothorax, but rather more distinct. Spurs 

 to hind tibiae slightly unequal, about as long as second tarsal 

 joint, Length, 2J-2| mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania (A. Simson's No. 3756) : Lakes District 

 (Blackburn's collection), Mount Wellington, Hobart, Huon 

 River, Frankford (A. M. Lea); Victoria: Dividing Range 

 (Blackburn). Type, I. 6124. 



A very thin species with narrower elytra than any other 

 species known to me, but the prothorax widely transverse; 

 the head has decidedly coarser punctures than usual. There 

 are numerous specimens under examination, but they appear 

 to have no sexual differences in the head. On a few specimens 

 the space adjacent to the scutellum is lightly infuscated ; the 

 under-surface is usually no darker than the upper, but on 

 some specimens the abdomen, or the abdomen and meta- 

 sternum, are rather deeply infuscated. The specimen from 

 the Dividing Range is rather darker than the others, but its 

 legs are entirely pale. 



Var. fasctata, n. var. 

 Three specimens (from Hobart and Ulverstone) have the' 

 elytra infuscated, except for a pale and rather distinct sub- 

 median fascia ; a fourth (from Mount Wellington) has 

 the fascia less well denned, denoting an approach to the 

 normal form. 



SCRAPTIA TELEPHOROIDES, n. sp. 



Blackish-brown; prothorax, palpi, and parts of legs 

 flavous. Rather densely clothed with short, pale pubescence. 



Head very short and transverse; with rather crowded, 

 clearly-denned punctures, somewhat smaller in front than 

 towards base. Eyes widely separated and semicircularly 

 notched. Antennae moderately long, second joint slightly 

 larger than third, their combined length slightly more than 

 that of fourth. Prothorax about thrice as wide as the median 

 length, basal half almost parallel-sided, then with front 

 angles widely rounded off ; with crowded subasperate punc- 

 tures, slightly smaller than on head. Elytra a trifle wider 

 than prothorax at base, sides very feebly dilated to beyond 

 the middle ; with crowded subasperate punctures about base, 

 becoming smaller posteriorly. Length, 3J-3J mm. 



