464 THE INSECTS OF KING's SOUND AND ITS VICINITY, 



68. OoDES FiTZROYENSis, n.sp. 



In form and general appearance much like 0. australis, Dej. 

 black, nitid, smooth, the clypeal suture marked with minute 

 punctures, and a stronger punture on each side. The median line 

 of the thorax finely impressed, a deeply impressed fovea on each 

 side of it at the base. The striae of the elytra are well marked, 

 the interstices flat and smooth, the scutellar stria is distinct and 

 punctate, and is about twice the length of the scutellum, the im- 

 pressions on the base of the thorax are continued on to the elytra 

 at the union of the second and third striae, and the two punctures 

 on the third interstice are smaller and farther from the apex than 

 in 0. Froggatti. 



Long. 5 lines. 



69. OouES PYGMiEUS, n.sp. 



Black, nitid, piceous on the lateral margins. Thorax strongly 

 bi-impressed at the base. Elyti'a ovate, deeply striate with the 

 interstices subconvex, the scutellar stria deep and more than twice 

 the length of the scutellum, the two punctures on the third 

 interstice placed as in 0. Froggatti. Beneath piceous, antennfe 

 and palpi reddish. 



Long. 3 lines. 



70. OoDES LILLIPUTANUS, n.Sp. 



Black, nil id, the elytra slightly bronzy. Thorax finely cana- 

 liculate in the middle, the basal impressions distinct. Elytra of the 

 width of the thorax at the base, not widened behind and rounded 

 at the apex ; they are finely striate-punctate with the interstices 

 flat and smooth; the scutellar stria is about three times the length 

 of the scutellum, and the punctures on the third interstice are 

 ])laced, one about the middle, the others half way between the 

 first and the apex. The legs and margin of thorax and elytra 

 are reddish-yellow. 



Long. 2^ lines. 



