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small and round. Elytra as wide as prothorax at base, the 

 rounded humeri causing a slight expansion, sides parallel to 

 half-way, then a little widened behind middle ; striate- 

 punctate, the striae deep, the punctures therein close and well 

 marked only near base and sides, intervals flat and very 

 coarsely transversely wrinkled and sparsely pilose. Underside 

 distinctly but not coarsely punctate. In the male the front 

 tihiae a little bent at apex, the hind tibiae slightly flattened 

 and widened. !)»>?.— 9-lOJ x 3^-4 mm. 



//a6.— Queensland: Port Denison (F. Taylor); Towns- 

 ville (Ejnar Fischer, in the Melbourne Museum), Kuranda, 

 and Cairns (A. M. Lea). 



Eight specimens examined, of which three, including both 

 sexes, were sent me some time ago by Mr. Taylor. The species 

 is distinguished by the combination of subopaque black sur- 

 face, dark antennae, pale legs with darker knees, and strongly 

 cross-wrinkled elytral intervals. In the male specimen the 

 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th elytral intervals are clearly narrower 

 than the rest. Types in the author's collection. 



HOMOTRYSIS DODDI, n. Sp. 



d" . Elongate - oblong, chocolate - brown ; palpi, apical 

 antennal joints, and tarsi paler. Upper-surface (especially at 

 sides) clothed with short, recumbent pile. 



Head and pronotum finely, densely (confluently) punc- 

 tate; labrum prominent and pilose, eyes large, moderately 

 prominent, separated by a space less than the diameter of 

 one, this space rapidly widening behind; antennal joints sub- 

 linear, each slightly widened at apex, lessening in length from 

 the 3rd outwards, apical two very short. Prothorax truncate 

 at apex and base, widest at middle ; gently, arcuately narrowed 

 in front; feebly sinuate behind; anterior angles depressed 

 (widely obtuse from above), posterior subrectangular; disc 

 without medial line ; basal foveae lightly impressed. 

 ScuteUum oval. Elytra wider than prothorax at base, 

 shoulders squarely rounded, sides subparallel, or lightly com- 

 pressed behind shoulders ; striate-punctate, the seriata 

 punctures subcontiguous and fine; intervals of uniform width, 

 convex, finely but densely rugose [under a strong lens this 

 rugosity seen to consist of numerous fine tubercles, often 

 bearing a short red hair]. I'ndtrside densely punctate, 

 abdomen very finely so. Legs simple, posterior tarsi with 

 1st joint nearly as long as the rest combined. Dim. — 8-9 x 

 ^-^ mm. 



Hah. — Western Australia: Fortescue River, Haramersley 

 Range (W. D. Dodd). 



