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FURTHER NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 
M. FORTis, sp.nov. 
Fuscus, antennis palpis pedibusque pallidioribus ; minus elon- 
gatus, pube longiore sat dense vestitus ; prothorace fortiter 
convexo, vix evidenter canaliculate, trans angulos posticos quam in 
medio longitudine vix latiori, a basi vix angustato, confertim 
subtilius subrugulose punctulato, angulis posticis bicarinatis vix 
divaricatis ; elytris prothorace vix angustioribus, a basi parum 
attenuatis, apice vix emarginatis, fortius punctulato-striatis, in- 
terstitiis planis crebre subtilius punctulatis ; pi-othoracis margine 
laterali in prosternum subducto ; tarsorum articuli quarti lamella 
sat lata. [Long. 5i, lat. 14 lines (vix). 
A species of robust build similar to that of M. Tepperi, and 
belonging to the same group ; it may be distinguished from that 
insect by its prothorax being moi’e strongly and somewhat rugosely 
punctulate with the disc strongly convex and the sides more 
rounded, scarcely narrowed from the base to a little in front of the 
middle, with its lateral margins much more hidden by the external 
Carina of the posterior angles which are less divaricate, and by the 
interstices of the elytra having less tendency to convexity ; its 
colour also is quite different. From M. Palmer stoni it is dis- 
tinguishable by its greatly superior size, different coloration, 
longer hind angles of prothorax, &c. 
Northern Territory of S. Australia ; collected by Prof. Tate. 
M. VARIEGATUS, Sp.nOV. 
Piceo-ferrugineus, capite, palpis, antennis, pedibus et elytrorum 
dimidio basali, rufis ; robustus, sat latus, pube longiore sat dense 
vestitus ; jnothorace haud caualiculato, trans angulos posticos 
quam in medio longitudine parum latiori, a basi angustato, crebre 
sat fortiter subrugulose punctulato, angulis posticis bicarinatis 
divaricatis ; elytris prothoi’ace vix angustioribus, hoc duplo longi- 
oribus, a basi sat fortiter attenuatis, apice interne leviter emargi- 
natis, striatis, striis antice fortiter postice gradatim obsoletius 
punctulatis ; prothoracis margine laterali in prostei’iium subducto ; 
tarsorum articuli quarti lamella sat lata. 
Long. 6-8, lat. 14-2| lines. 
