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Head and pronotum rather coarsely punctate ; eyes in 

 male closely approximate, in female less so, in both the inter- 

 vening space obliquely widened behind ; antennae rather stout, 

 joint 3 cylindric, 4-10 subtriangular and short, 11 finely 

 ovate. Prothorax about as wide as long, sides parallel 

 behind, arcuately narrowed in front, apex a little produced 

 in middle; base truncate, posterior angles rectangular. Elytra 

 wider than prothorax at base, shoulders rather prominent, 

 sides subparallel for the greatest part, not widened behind; 

 striate-punctate, the seriate punctures round, small, rather 

 close, placed in fine striae; intervals flat and clearly punc- 

 tured. Metasternuni coarsely, abdomen very finely punctate. 

 Dim. — 7 X 2 J mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Richmond, on white berry bush 

 (Aug. Simson) ; Cairns district (A. M. Lea). 



Three specimens, one male, of this pretty little species 

 examined. Though very unlike its congeners in its bright 

 colours, I can find no structural characters which separate it 

 from Homotrysis. In one example the femora are red. Types 

 in the South Australian Museum. 



Homotrysis scutellaris, n. sp. 



Obovate, robust; head, prothorax, and tarsi black, elytra 

 and underside violet-brown, tibiae pale castaneous, antennae 

 fuscous. Whole surface clothed with whitish hairs, short on 

 elytra, longer on pronotum, dense and short on scutellum, 

 thick and long on under-surface. 



Head and pronotum densely punctate; eyes prominent 

 and widely separated (more widely than in H. cisteloides, 

 Newm.), antennae linear, joints 3-10 successively shorter, 11th 

 narrow and as long as 10. Prothorax rhomboidal, transverse, 

 truncate at apex and base, sides rounded anteriorly and thence 

 straightly widened to the base, with a faint medial depression 

 and a shallow central-basal fovea. Scittelhim white, entirely 

 covered by close recumbent white hair. Elytra considerably 

 wider than prothorax at base and more than three times as 

 long; convex, the sutural region evidently higher than the 

 general surface; widest behind middle, shoulders rather 

 squarely rounded ; striate punctate, the punctures in striae 

 round, close, and regular; intervals flat at base, slightly con- 

 vex towards apex, minutely wrinkled and lined with short 

 white hairs. Uyulerside densely pilose. Male with usual 

 evident forcipital process; female larger, especially wider, 

 eyes more widely separated. Dim. — Male, 9Jx4; female, 

 12x5. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Werris Creek, etc. Queens- 

 land : Brisbane. 



