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certainly very different to a species I have doubtfully 

 identified as costatus. 



C . 2. Ltgs entirely darkS^^ 



DiTEOPIDUS STRIGICOLLIS, U. Sp. 



6 . Bright coppery-bronze; basal half of antennae 

 obscurely reddish. Head, under-surface, and legs with white 

 pubescence. 



Read shagreened and with small dense punctures; 

 median line wide and not very shallow. Eyes separated about 

 the length of four basal joints of antennae. Prothorax at 

 apex as wide as the median length, sides strongly rounded; 

 densely and finely strigose all over, but with a few punctures 

 in middle. Elytra suboblong, slightly shagreened ; with 

 series of small punctures, becoming larger and set in rather 

 weak striae on the sides. Length, 2 mm. 



Hah. — South Australia: Port Lincoln (Blackburn's 

 collection). Type (unique), I. 10854. 



A small metallic species, with densely strigose prothorax; 

 at first glance it appears to belong to hrachysomus, but that 

 species has the strigae on the sides of the prothorax replaced 

 by rather coarse punctures; odewahni has reddish legs and 

 sides of prothorax nonstrigose; from aurichalceus it differs 

 in being smaller, less rounded, legs entirely dark, and eyes 

 more widely separated. 



DlTROPIDUS ROTUNDATUS, n. Sp. 



o . Goppery-bronze, two basal joints of antennae 

 obscurely diluted with red. Head, under-surface, and legs^ 

 with white pubescence. 



Head shagreened and with small dense punctures; 

 median line rather shallow. Eyes moderately separated. 

 Froth ora-r at sides more than twice as wide as the 

 median length, sides strongly rounded; with small, dense 

 punctures in middle, becoming elongated at apex and towards 

 sides, the sides themselves densely and finely strigose. 

 Elytra scarcely longer than the basal width, sides rather 

 strongly narrowed; with rows of fairly large punctures, 

 becoming larger and set in deep striae on the sides; interstices 

 with very small dense punctures, or finely shagreened. Legs 

 rather stout, front ones slightly longer than hind ones. 

 Length {S , 9), 2-5-2'75 mm. 



9 . Differs in being more robust, elytra less narrowed 

 posteriorly, legs thinner, the front ones no longer than the 

 hind ones, and in the abdomen. 



(5). On some described varieties partly reddish. 



