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than tenth, and conspicuously semidouble. Maxillary palpi 

 with the apical joint large and thick, its outer side incurved, 

 inner side oblique and angled, and apex conspicuously in- 

 curved and hollow. Prothorax distinctly longer than wide, 

 sides moderately inflated near apex, base distinctly upturned; 

 with crowded and sharply defined, but somewhat asperate 

 punctures. Elytra conspicuously wider than prothorax ; each 

 with four rather conspicuous discal costae ; densely granulate- 

 punctate. Tip of ahdomen deeply bisinuate. Length ( o , 9)> 

 8-12 mm. 



9- Differs in having the apical joint of the maxillary 

 palpi much smaller, with the apex obliquely truncate and 

 outer side not incurved, the tip of the abdomen rather 

 strongly produced and not bisinuate, and the legs and 

 antennae somewhat shorter. 



Hab. — Lord Howe Island; New South Wales: Sydney 

 (A. M. Lea), Gosford (H. J. Carter) ; Northern Queensland 

 (Blackburn's collection). Type, I. 6584. 



The palpi of the male are very different to those of any 

 other species known to me. The claws are not simple, as each 

 has a distinct subdentiform basal swelling, but they are cer- 

 tainly not "strongly toothed," as in Blackburn's third sub- 

 section of the genus ; they are, in fact, almost exactly as on 

 baldiensis, given as a "typical" Copidita. The spots on the 

 pronotum are elongate, with a rounded outline internally, at 

 their greatest width each occupies from one-fourth to one- 

 third the median width, the pale sutural portion varies from 

 very narrow to about three interstices on each elytron ; the 

 two apical joints of the palpi are blackish, but the tip of the 

 apical joint is more or less widely flavous; the tibiae and 

 tarsi are usually partly infuscated, and on one specimen there 

 are some vague inf uscations on the head ; on one specimen 

 from Sydney, and on another from Northern Queensland, the 

 abdomen is entirely pale. There are no distinct depressions 

 on the pronotum, but the surface is gently undulating. 



Copidita interocularis, n. sp. 



(3 . Flavous and black. Closely covered with short, 

 depressed, whitish pubescence. 



Head moderately convex between eyes, a shallow depres- 

 sion in front; with small and rather sparse punctures; man- 

 dibles bifid. Antennae long and thin, eleventh joint no 

 longer than tenth and feebly semidouble. Prothorax slightly 

 longer than wide, sides somewhat dilated near apex, base 

 narrowly upturned, with a fairly large medio-basal impres- 

 sion, and a vague depression towards each side in front; 

 punctures dense and sharply defined but small, becoming 



