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second small, third about as long as first, and slightly longer 

 than fourth, the others to tenth feebly increasing in width 

 and not at all serrate, eleventh slightly longer than tenth, 

 its tip slightly produced. Prothorax moderately transverse, 

 sides irregularly rounded, base lightly trisinuate ; with a 

 wide and fairly deep longitudinal excavation in middle, each 

 side with an irregular impression becoming foveate in the 

 middle ; punctures slightly larger than on head, but not quite 

 so crowded. Elytra almost twice the width of prothorax, 

 parallel-sided except at base and apex; each with three 

 irregularly-elevated lines, fairly distinct but not costate ■ with 

 rather large, deep, and crowded punctures. Length (<$ , $), 

 8-12 mm. 



9 . Differs in being somewhat wider, eyes not quite so 

 prominent, antennae somewhat stouter, and in the tip of the 

 abdomen. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Bulladelah, under rotting 

 bark of logs (H. J. Carter), Burrawang (T. G. Sloane), 

 Clifton (A. M. Lea) ; Victoria (National Museum and H. J. 

 Carter), Warragul (J. C. Goudie, his No. 312). Type, I. 

 6655. 



Structurally close to serraticornis and apicalis, but with 

 very different antennae ; the claws, also, are more noticeably 

 appendiculate. The elytra on the eight typical specimens 

 appear to be completely bordered with red, but on looking 

 at them from the sides the margins from near the base to 

 well beyond the middle are seen to be purplish. 



Var. 1. Four specimens differ in having the elytra red, 

 except that the suture is narrowly purple from near the base, 

 and that the sides (invisible from above) are as on the typical 

 form. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Dorrigo (W. Heron); Vic- 

 toria: Alps (Blackburn's collection), Fernshaw (National 

 Museum). 



Techmessa ruficollis, Champ. 



This species differs in several respects from the original 

 generic diagnosis (founded upon two New Zealand species), ( 45 ) 

 in which stress was laid on the third joint of the antennae, 

 "two a little shorter than three, and both obconic ; three not 

 more than half as long as four" ; on the type of ruficollis 

 the third was described as being twice as- long as the second, 

 and the third to tenth subequal (as a matter of fact, the 

 third is just perceptibly shorter than the fourth) ; the eyes 

 of the New Zealand species were noted as "slightly trans- 

 verse" (in ruficollis they are not at all transverse), the sides 

 of the prothorax as "abruptly incurved anteriorly, gradually 



(45) Bates: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Feb., 1874, p. 113. 

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