1452 FURTHER NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 
fortiter tuberculato ; femoribus apice fortiter incrassatis ; tibiis 
omnibus intus fortiter denticulatis. [l^ong- 31,lat. 1^ lines. 
The arrangement of scales on the elytra is a good deal con- 
fused ; on each elytron there is an oblique fascia like denuded 
space immediately behind the middle, immediately in front of, and 
behind, which the scales are at their greatest density ; but these 
are in no part very conspicuous. The strong conical tubercle 
close to the lateral margin of the elytra at about a fifth of their 
whole length from the base, together with the strong (almost 
angular) dilatation of the inner apex of the femora, and the strong 
denticulations on the inner face of all the tibiae, will render this 
insect easily recognizable. The projection of the mesosternum is 
obtuse and slight. 
X. Territoi’y of S. Australia j taken by Mr. J. P. Tepper. 
O. MODicus, sp.nov. 
Minus brevis; sat conve xus ; piceus, antennis pedibusque rufes- 
centibus; rosti'o brevi sat lato ; capite inter oculos sulcato ; 
prothcrace quam longiori vix quarta pai'te (quam margo anterior 
fere duplo) latiori, a basi ad apicem aequaliter subarcuatim angus- 
tato, sat fortiter minus crasse ruguloso, disco depresso in medio 
Carina forti antice abbreviata instructo ; scutello sat elongate 
elevato ; elytris striatis, striis crasse fortiter, inters titiis crebre 
subtilius, punctulatis, his alternis antice convexioribus, humeris 
externe obsolete prominentibus. [Long. 3, lat. 1 § lines. 
The scales on the head are a little condensed, and rather 
elongate between the eyes ; those on the prothorax are evenly 
distributed and sparse ; those on the elytra are much more dense 
(especially in the apical half), and more or less conceal the sculp- 
ture except on a space (more or less interrupted by squamosity) 
commencing immediately behind the anterior declivity, ex- 
tending thence backward to about the middle of the elytra and 
limited laterally by the suture and about the 6th interstice (this 
is very likely to be the normal state of the insect, as I have two 
specimens before me thus clothed). The shoulders show a 
