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shoulders to basal third and then parallel-sided almost to 

 apex, suture spinose, a small notch between it and middle of 

 apex, which is rounded ; elevated lines scarcely visibly indi- 

 cated ; with very small punctures, but a few of moderate 

 size behind shoulders. Length (d, $), 15-24 mm. 



Hab. — South Australia (old collection, Macleay Museum 

 and Rev. A. P. Burgess), Tarcoola (C. French). Type,. 

 I. 5698. 



Structurally close- to si inula ns, but darker, prothorax 

 more uniformly clothed, elytra with subhumeral markings 

 but vaguely indicated (not at all on some specimens) and 

 more or less clothed, and general clothing of elytra with a 

 fine multi-lineate appearance (instead of uniform). The 

 elytra are slightly darker near the shoulders and at the tips 

 than elsewhere; two very feeble oblique lines of paler clothing- 

 may be traced on the prothorax of several of the specimens. 

 The six specimens before me are all males, but- their antennae 

 vary slightly in length and thickness. The specimens from 

 the old collection have the derm entirely of a rather pale- 

 castaneous, with the clothing uniformly whitish, but they 

 were long exposed to light. 



Uracanthus discicollis, n. sp. 

 PI. xxxii., figs. 8 and 9. 



d . Reddish-brown, some parts darker. Densely but 

 irregularly clothed with whitish pubescence; all femora very 

 densely clothed -along middle of under-surface. 



Head with median line narrow, deep, and abruptly 

 terminated, base densely granulate-punctate ; clypeus convex, 

 rounded posteriorly, subtuberculate on each side in front, 

 suture deep and rather wide. Antennae passing elytra, joints 

 rather thin and subcylindrical, but fifth to tenth feebly pro- 

 duced on one side at apex, eleventh about one-third longer 

 than tenth. Prothorax distinctly longer than wide, sides 

 subangular in middle, transversely corrugated at apex, and 

 somewhat uneven towards sides, glabrous portion smooth and 

 with a few small punctures. Elytra narrow, apices rounded 

 with suture feebly produced, with several very feebly elevated 

 lines; with small dense punctures about base, becoming still 

 smaller posteriorly. Length ( <3 , 9)> 11-24 mm. 



9 . Differs in having shorter antennae, sides of pro- 

 thorax less angulate in middle, elytra more parallel-sided, 

 and legs shorter, with femora much less densely clothed along 

 under-surface. 



Hab. — Western Australia: Albany (R. Helms) ;" South 

 Australia (Rev. A. P. Burgess and Blackburn's Collection), 

 Mount Lofty (S. H. Curnow), Karoonda to Peebinga (G. E. 



