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somewhat larger, 225 mm., eyes not so close together, and 

 abdomen larger and more convex, with a wide and deep 

 apical fovea. 



COENOBIUS INCONSTANS, n. sp. 



c;: . Black, labrum, and parts of antennae and of legs 

 more or less flavous. Under-snrface and legs scarcely visibly 

 pubescent. 



Head with rather sparse but distinct punctures. Eyes 

 close together. Frothorax at apex much narrower than the 

 median length, sides strongly narrow^ed from base to apex; 

 with rather sparse and small, but sharply defined punctures 

 in middle, becoming denser and coarser on sides; a distinct 

 row margining base. Elytra oblong; with rows of rather 

 large punctures, on the sides set in deep striae ; interstices 

 with very minute punctures. Front legs slightly longer than 

 hind ones. Length (0% 9)? l'75-2 mm. 



9 . Differs in being larger and more robust, elytra with 

 smaller punctures, abdomen larger, more convex, with a large 

 apical fovea, legs thinner and the front ones no longer than 

 the hind ones. 



Bah. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine (A. M. Lea); 

 New South Wales: Armidale and Forest Reefs (Lea), 

 Jenolan (J. C. Wilurd), Leura (R. J. Burton), Sydney (Dr. 

 E. W. Ferguson). Type, I. 10933. 



Structurally close to lucidulus, but not at all blue. The 

 distance betw^een the eyes of the female is about equal to the 

 length of the basal joint of antennae, in the male it is 

 decidedly less; on many specimens there are two large 

 punctures between the bases of the antennae. The legs vary 

 from entirely fiavous, except for a slight infuscation of the 

 tarsi, to almost entirely infuscated, but the front legs are 

 often paler than the others; variable numbers of the antennal 

 joints are pale, but usually the six joints of the club are darker 

 than the others; three females and one male have the head 

 entirely pale, but usually only the labrum-, and that rather 

 obscurely, is flavous; one female (from Jenolan) has the head 

 and legs (except a slight infuscation of the tarsi) entirely 

 pale, and a wide pale space on each side of the prothorax ; 

 another female, "on the same card, has the base of the head 

 infuscated and the sides of the prothorax obscurely paler than 

 the middle. 



Var. ? A female, from Galston, probably belongs to this 

 species, but has the head, prothorax (except at the extreme 

 l)ase), and legs entirely flavous, the metasternum and abdomen 

 obscurely diluted with red; the prothorax with fairly large 

 punctures in the middle, and a rather deep oblique impression 



