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as the median length, sides strongly narrowed to apex; with 

 fairly dense and rather small punctures, in places becoming 

 subaciculate. ^^3/ i^rcr strongly striated throughout. Abdomen 

 with a rather ^large but shallow apical fovea, margined with 

 erect setae. Front legs slightly longer than hind ones. 

 Length (d, $), 2-2-5 mm. 



Q . Differs in having the head black to the labrum, or 

 at least to the clypeus, the prothorax entirely black, 

 antennae decidedly shorter, eyes n_ore apart, front legs no 

 longer than hind ones, and abdomen with a larger and deeper 

 apical fovea, without marginal setae. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Forest Reefs and Armidale 

 (A. M. Lea); Tasmania: West Tamar-and Launceston 

 (Simson's collection), Huon River, Frankford, and King 

 Island (Lea).; South Australia: Lucindale (F. Seeker), 

 Mount Lofty (A. H. Elston), Kangaroo Island (J. G. O. 

 Tepper). Type, 1.' 10985. 



On this and the following species the antennae of the 

 males are longer than is usual in the genus, and the five 

 apical joints are not. so suddenly clubbed. The distance 

 between the eyes of the male is equal to the length of the 

 basal joint of antennae, in the female it is about one-third 

 more; the metasternum has a wide subtriangular depression 

 on the male, but on the female it is reduced to hardly more 

 than the median line. The elytral striae contain fairly large 

 punctures, but as these are at the bottom of the striae, they 

 are distinct only from certain directions; the basal segment 

 of the abdomen is densely punctate. The hind femora are 

 usually deeply infuscated, sometimes the middle ones as well, 

 rarely only the four hind knees are infuscated, rarely also 

 parts of the front legs are infuscated; the flavous portions 

 of the head and prothorax of the males vary slightly in 

 extent, but are always conspicuous. 



DiTKOPIDUS FLAVOLATERALIS, U. Sp. 



S . Black ; front half of head, basal half of antennae 

 (the club infuscated), palpi, sides of prothorax, prosternum, 

 mesosternum, and legs flavous. Under-surface and legs very 

 feebly pubescent. 



Head with rather sparse but sharply defined punctures; 

 median line lightly impressed. Eyes moderately distant. 

 Prothorax with outlines as in preceding species, but with 

 rather stronger punctures. Elytra also as in preceding 

 species, except that the punctures in the striae are larger and 

 more defined, and that the striae themselves are not quite 

 as deep. Length ( d* , 9)> l'8-2 mm. 



