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separated eyes and more transverse prothorax of Taxes. The 

 author also says that the antennae have the 3rd joint shorter 

 than 4th, and the tarsi are obsoletely or feebly lamellate 

 beneath; but neither of these seem to apply to my 

 alphitabioides Ci), in which joints 3 and 4 of antennae are 

 subequal, while the penultimate tarsi are clearly lamellate, as 

 seen under a Zeiss binocular. 



Metistete clarki, n. sp. 



Moderately robust, obovate, chocolate-brown, subnitid ; 

 palpi, antennae, tibiae, and tarsi red. 



Head and pronotum very densely punctate, epistomal 

 furrow well marked ; eyes rather narrowly transverse and 

 widely separated; antennal joints sublinear, 3 longer than 4, 

 4-6 subequal, 7-11 successively shorter, 10-11 very slender and 

 of testaceous colour. Prothorax bulbous, transverse, base 

 truncate, apex feebly sinuate, sides widely and Evenly 

 rounded; all angles obtuse, medial channel distinct, shallow 

 transverse foveae near hind angles. Scutellum wide, rounded 

 behind. Elytra wider than prothorax at base, and less than 

 three times as long, slightly widening behind middle; striate- 

 punctate, the small seriate punctures only obvious on basal 

 half, larger and elongate towards sides; intervals nearly flat, 

 sparsely punctate and minutely pustulose. Abdomen nearly 

 smooth; sternum rather coarsely punctate. Dim. — 8-10 x 

 3|-4 mm. 



Hah. — Western Australia: Eradu and Geraldton (J. 

 Clark). 



Two examples, the sexes, examined show a species not 

 very near any of its congeners. Type male in Author's 

 Collection; type female with Mr. Clark. 



Metistete eubicunda, n. sp. 



• Ovate, convex, whole surface subopaque brownish-red; 

 densely clad with short upright pale-red bristles; legs, 

 antennae, and oral organs pale red. 



Head finely shagreened, clypeus wide, truncate with 

 rounded sides; mandibles bifid; eyes large, prominent, widely 

 separated, antennae elongate, sublinear, joint 3 considerably 

 longer than 4; 4-6 equal, 7 finer than 6, 8-11 successively and 

 considerably smaller, 11 very small, finely ovate. Prothorax 

 ovate and convex, truncate at apex and base, the latter 

 slightly the wider, sides evenly and well rounded, without 

 raised margin except a very narrow one at apex ; disc (like 

 head) shagreened and bristled, without sign of medial line or 



