BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. " 871 



the base ; and their intermediate expansion is extremely narrow 

 even at the base, being markedly narrower than in S. IcevicolUs, 

 with margins scarcely marked at all. 



A. single specimen in my collection ; I have no note of the 

 exact locality beyond that it was taken in South Australia. 



Saragus Macleayi, sp.nov. 



Late ovalis ; convexus ; sat nitidus ; piceo-niger, antennis 

 palpis et (nonnullis exemplis) tarsis dilutioribus ; capite pro- 

 thoraceque duplo-punctulatis (subtiliter et minus subtiliter) ; 

 elytris multo fortius lineatim, interstitiis sparsim subtilissime, 

 punctulatis, his nonnullis obscure convexis. 



[Long. 4-5 lines, lat. 2g-3 lines. 



The prothorax is considerably more than twice as svide as down 

 the middle it is long, and its base (which is bisinuate) is more 

 than twice as wide as its front margin (which is deeply emar- 

 ginate) ; its front angles are obtuse, the hinder ones sharp ; its 

 intermediate expansion is on either side rather less than a quarter 

 the width of the disc, is not horizontal but declivous (though not 

 sufficiently so to continue the lateral declivity of the prothorax 

 evenly), and is gently narrowed from the base to the apex ; its 

 true margin forms a well-defined shining edge ; the disc (as also 

 the head) is thinly furnished with extremely minute punctures 

 and also with larger (but still fine) ones ; there is a transverse 

 impression close to the front which makes the middle of the 

 anterior margin appear somewhat elevated ; there are also a 

 number of obscure impressions all across the base (the inter- 

 mediate expansion is much more roughly sculptured) ; each 

 elytron is furnished with about 17 rather irregular rows of 

 moderately coarse punctures, the interstices between the rows 

 (especially the 4th, 8th, and 12th) being obscurely convex ; the 

 intermediate expansion is wide at the base, then contracts 

 rapidly, and then continues rather narrow, but almost even in 

 width, to the apex. The apical spine of the anterior tibise is not 

 particularly large. 



