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medial impression or basal foveae. Scutellvm small, trans- 

 verse. Elytra of same width as prothorax at base; and about 

 twice as long, oval, and convex; striate-punctate, with nine 

 rows (besides a short scutellary one) of round, close, deeply- 

 impressed punctures; these rather small near suture, large 

 near sides, increasing in size outwards; intervals smooth and 

 lightly convex; epipleurae with a single line of punctures. 

 Sides of prosterrmm and of abdomen with fine sparse punc- 

 tures. Pro-tibiae of male widened in the middle into a blunt 

 tooth (the female specimen is damaged in the appendages, 

 but has four of its tibiae intact, including one front tibia, 

 which is without the tooth). Dim. — 10x4 mm. 



Hab. — Western Australia: King ' George Sound (Aus- 

 tralian Museum). 



Two examples, the sexes, can only, I think, be confused 

 with M. (Oocistela) convexa^ Borch., which (if my identi- 

 fication is correct) differs in smaller size, legs pale and 

 bicolorous, more clearly punctate thorax, besides having 

 (apparently) no sexual characters. Types in Australian 

 Museum. 



