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continued on to the base of the elytra and scutellum, where 

 it is subquadrate in shape, the apical slope of the elytra has a 

 large patch of similar scales, and there are a few spots 

 scattered about; other specimens from Wirha and Coolgardie 

 have the dust-like meal less distinct or almost absent and the 

 white (on some specimens of a rather pale ochreous) patches 

 much less distinct, but they all agree in having the shoulders 

 rather prominent and multi-granulate. 



O. fasciata, Boi., Oodnadatta, Ooldea. 



O. gemella, Pasc, Ooldea. 



O. obscura, Blackb., Cooper Creek, Oodnadatta. 



O. soror, Lea, Oodnadatta, Strzelecki Creek. 



Bryachus squamicollis, Pasc, Ooldea. 



Pantoreites arctatus, Pasc, Frome Well. 



Syarbis goudiei, Lea, Ooldea. 



Rhinaria tragocephala, Lea, Ooldea. 



Ap arete palpebrosa, Pasc, Kingunyah. 



Ethemaia sellata, Pasc, Ooldea, Wookalla. 



Ophryota rapax, Blackb., Cooper Creek. 



Lixus mastersi, Pasc , Ooldea. 



Orthorrhinus cylindrirostris, Fab., Parachilna. 



Epamaebus ziczac, Lea. 



Numerous specimens were taken at Ooldea with the 

 elytral markings varying from sharply defined to scarcely 

 traceable (as on some specimens from Forest Reefs previously 

 commented upon). 



Niphobolus deceptor, Blackb., Farina, Strzelecki Creek. 

 Storeus mundtjs, Blackb., Parachilna. 

 Symbothinus squalidus, Blackb., Ooldea. 

 Xeda fasciata, Lea, Birkett's Woolshed. 



MlSOPHRICE ARIDA, n. sp. 



Black; clothed with large, soft, white scales. 



Head with punctures normally concealed. Rostrum 

 moderately long, thin, and lightly curved ; with series of fine 

 punctures, basal third partially concealed in male, less in 

 female. Prothorax lightly transverse, sides rather strongly 

 rounded. Elytra considerably wider than prothorax, parallel- 

 sided to near apex; with regular rows of large, but partially 

 concealed punctures. Legs moderately long. Length, I-I4 

 mm. 



Hab. — South Australia: Ooldea. Type, I. 7629. 



A minute black species, allied to parallela and soror, but 

 even smaller than those species, and distinct by the arrange- 

 ment of the elytral scales, these are notably stouter, and so 



