BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 873 



posterior angles), and becoming gradually smoother and more 

 sparing towards the middle of the disc, and consists of fine and 

 very fine punctures intermingled, the coarsest part being decidedly 

 less coarsely punctured than the head. The punctures on the 

 elytra are feeble (uot much larger than the largest of those on the 

 head) ; on the froiit part of the disc they run in traceable rows, 

 but are much confused towards the apex and margins ; there is 

 no striation on the elytra ; there are three longitudinal spaces 

 representing the 4th, 8th, and 12th interstices, which are faintly 

 convex and quite dev^oid of puncturation ; the intermediate 

 expansion is separated from the disc by a row of much larger 

 punctures, and is rather narrow at the base, but does not contract 

 much hindward, being at the apex about half as wide as at the 

 base ; at the middle of its length it is about as wide as the 

 interval on the front part of the disc of the elytra between two of 

 the rows of punctures. 



This species belongs to the Phosphuga-Yike group of Saragus ; 

 compared with S. aspe^^ipes, Pasc, it is much larger, with the 

 elytra not at all striate and much moi'e finely punctured, the 

 intervals br^tween tlie rows (where they are traceable) of punctures 

 being very much wider, the humeral angles quite rounded o&, and 

 the hind tibiae devoid of distinct hispid asperities. Mr. Macleay 

 has done me the favour of comparing the species with the types 

 of Saragus in his collection, and does not find it identical with 

 any of them. 



Port Lincoln. 



Saragudinus tuberculatus, sp.nov. 



Ovalis; o /acus ; ater ; antennis pedibusque plus minus pices- 

 centibus ; capite prothoraceque confertim subtiliter, elytris sparsim 

 seriatim, tuberculatis ; tibiis anticis externe liaud crenixlatis. 



[Long. 5|-6J lines, lat. SJ-Sj lines. 



The clypeus (which is not separated from the rest of the head 

 in any defined manner) is concave, especially towai'ds the sides, 

 the margins not defined, the front widely and gently emarginate. 



