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Elytra wider than prothorax at base and thrice as long, 

 shoulders rounded, sides lightly widened behind middle; 

 striate-punctat-e, intervals nearly flat on basal half, more 

 convex towards sides and apex; coarsely and closely punctate, 

 the striae deep and clearly cut, the punctures in striae and 

 on intervals of equal size; those in striae forming a close 

 network. Prosternum and metasternum coarsely and sparsely 

 punctate; abdomen and legs less coarsely so, except the last 

 segment; this strongly pilose, with large punctures. Dim. — 

 Male, 12 X 5 mm. ; female, 13 x 6 mm. 



Hah. — Northern Territory: Alexandria (W. Stalker). 



Three examples from the British Museum show a species 

 nearest H. elongata, Macl., but clearly differentiated by (1) 

 more widely separated eyes, (2) more densely punctate pro- 

 notum, (3) elytral intervals more convex and more closely 

 punctate. Types returned to the British Museum. 



NOCAR SUBFASCIATUS, n. Sp. 



Very convex, oval; castaneous, legs red. Whole surface 

 rather thickly clothed with white recumbent hair, the 'elytral 

 clothing arranged more or less in fasciae (the apex, humeral 

 area, and two wide fasciae thus clothed). 



Head finely punctate, eyes transverse, separated by a 

 space less than the diameter of one; antennae short, joint 3 

 slightly longer than 4, these linear, 5-7 obconic, 9-10 cupuli- 

 form, 11 ovate, 5-11 successively widening. Prothorax 

 arcuately narrowing from base to apex, oblique rounded in 

 front ; disc closely covered with recumbent hairs ; base lightly 

 bisinuate, hind angles rectangular. Scutellum triangular, 

 pilose. Elytra convex and oval, closely adapted to prothorax 

 and of the same width at base, widest behind middle; the 

 bald spaces showing a close, even system of punctures. 

 Underside more shortly pilose, with longitudinal striation. 

 Tarsi clearly lamellate. Dim. — 3J x IJ mm. 



Hah. — North-western Australia: Queen Islet (British 

 Museum). 



Three examples sent from the British Museum amongst 

 other Cistelidae show the smallest species of the genus yet 

 described, and distinct by its pattern gfnd clothing. Types 

 returned to the British Museum. 



N.B. — Xocar and Taxes are closely allied, as noted by 

 Champion. I think I have identified T. alphitohioides, 

 Champ., in specimens from (1) Bathurst Island, Northern 

 Territory, and (2) Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay. The 

 chief distinction between these genera lies in the \videly 



