BY T, G. SLOAN B. 
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luarkecl with irregularly placed punctures. Anterior tibiae biden- 
tate externally, with a projection at the base of the upper tooth ; 
below not oflering any distinctive difference frora Eutoma. 
Loc. — Tintinallogy, Darling River, N.S.W. (Dr. H. A Ellis). 
CONOPTERUM MODESTUM, Sp.nOV. 
Nigrum, prothoiace elytrisque viridi-limbatis ; capite magno, 
postice angustato, supra oculos bipunctato, sulcis frontalibus 
profunde imi>ressis, antice fortiter postice late divergentibus ; 
prothorace tenue marginato, antice truncate, angulis anticis 
rotundatis, obtusis vix productis, posticis rotundatis, pone angulos 
posticos utrinque obliquo, fortiter canaliculate, basi late sublobato 
truncate, marginibus lateralibus utrinque bipunctato ; elytris 
ovatis, lateribus parallelis, disco planato, sutura fortiter impressa, 
j subtiliter striatis, tenue marginatis, antice postieeque bipunctatis. 
j Long. 21 mm., lat. 6|. 
j Black, prothorax and elytra widely margined with green. Head 
I large {b x 5i), narrowed behind the eyes, rather convex ; the 
I frontal sulci widely diverging behind, in front bifurcating, en- 
' closing the frontal punctures ; the lateral teeth of the clypeus 
acute, the s]>ace between them emarginate. Prothorax a little 
I wider than long (5 x 6. V), truncate in front; the anterior angles 
t obtuse, and very slightly advanced ; the sides a little rounded ; 
i the ])Osterior angles rounded off, behind them narrowing 
I oblifiuely to the base, which is widely sublobate and truncate ; 
the median line deeply impressed, and crossed throughout by 
tiansverse striolse ; an oblique longitudinal impres.sipn at each 
Ijasal angle ; the lateral margins with two ])unctures, one 
towards the anterior angle, the other at the j)OSterior angle. 
Elytra oval (7^ x11), the disc flat with the suture strongly 
impressed, towards the edges the elytra are abruptly rounded, near 
the suture they are faintly striate, the sides being smooth ; the 
sides are parallel ; the margins narrow, rounded off and not 
thickened at the shoulders ; some irregularly placed punctures in 
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