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Hah. — Western Australia: Kalgoorlie, Mullewa, Grerald- 

 ton. Central Australia : McDonnell Ranges. South Aus- 

 tralia : Minnipakill. 



Nine examples before me, of which seven are males and 

 two females, the latter only being apterous. The males are 

 rather like the species I have tentatively taken as Homo- 

 tr^/sis ohscurus, Borch., but besides the difference in the tibiae, 

 this latter species has the punctures of pronotum larger and 

 clearly separated; while the elytral cancellation is less defined. 

 In the shape of prothorax it is very like the male of M. 

 gihhicollis, Newm., but the elytral sculpture is quite 

 different. M. armatus, Cart., is larger, more cylindric, with 

 much larger protibial spine, surface glabrous and more nitid, 

 and hind tibiae strongly flattened and curved. Tlie female 

 is more ovate and convex, eyes more widely distant. Types 

 in the South Australian Museum. 



Metistete vicina, n. sp. 



S . Elongate-ovate, glabrous, opaque brownish -bl ack ; 

 elytra more nitid; apical joints of antennae and all tarsi red. 



Head and pronotum finely, confluently punctate, eyes 

 moderately wide apart (intervening space about half the 

 diameter of one eye); antennae very fine and thread-like; 

 joint 3 much longer than 4, 4-8 subequal, 9-10 shorter than 

 preceding, 11 shorter than 10. Prothorax slightly longer 

 than broad, subtruncate at base and apex, widest behind 

 middle, feebly narrowed in front and even less so behind, 

 basal margin narrowly raised, disc without medial line or 

 foveae. Elytra wider than prothorax at base and nearly four 

 times as long, sides subparallel to behind the middle, thence 

 narrowed to apex; sulcate-punctate, the close subcancellate 

 system of large punctures contained in deep sulci, the intervals 

 convex and strongly punctate. Protihiae with a small tooth 

 on inside about half-way. .Dim. — 10-11 x 4-4^ mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cunnamulla (H. Hardcastle). 



Tliree males show a species that is a curious mixture of 

 several others. The sculpture of head and pronotum and the 

 protibial armature are like M. protihialis, the general facies 

 is like M. gihhicollis, Newm. (though the prothorax is nar- 

 rower) ; the elytral sculpture is very like that of Homotrysis 

 siohsulcata, Macl. Type returned to Mr. Lea. 



Melaps dentipes, n. sp. 



Elongate, navicular, castaneous; antennae, legs, and tarsi 

 testaceous. Above sparsely clad with long, pale, upright 

 hairs, beneath more thickly pilose, hairs recumbent. 



