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A. minimus, n. sp., C. Chalcopterus amethystinus, Fab., 

 Hughenden and Bluff, Q. C. artkuri, Blackb., T. C . cairnsi, 

 Blackb., C. G. affinis, Bless., S. G. Icevicollis, Bless., Bris- 

 bane and Gladstone. C. plutus, Blackb., T. C. rufipr.s, 

 Macl., Rockhampton. C. setosus, Blackb., C. G. smaragdulus, 

 Fab., C. G. variabilis, Bless., S. Strongylium reticulatum, 

 Mak., C. S. master si j Macl., C. S. fusco-vestitum, n. sp., 

 T. Psendostrongylium viridipenne, Kraatz(?), C. 



The following synonymy has not yet been recorded : — 



APATELUS SQUAMOSUS, Macl.=CESTRINUS TRIVIALIS, 



Erich. 



HOPLOCEPHALA JANTINIPENNIS, Chev. = CeROPRIA 



PEREGR1NA, PaSC. 



Microphyes rufipes, Macl. = Alphitobius PICEUS, 

 N Oliv. 



The latter name in each case having the priority. 

 The following are the descriptions of the new species : — 

 Mesomorphus leai, n. sp. 



Oval, subnitid, brownish-black, sparsely clothed with 

 yellowish hair. 



Head clypeus semicircularly excised, not definitely sepa- 

 rated from the front, densely and stongly punctate, eyes 

 small and completely divided, the canthus narrower than the 

 eye (wider than in M. darling ensis, Blackb.), antennae not 

 reaching base of prothorax, more slender than usual, joints 

 9-10 not transverse. Prothorax 2x3 mm., widest at base, 

 width at apex 2 mm., apex semicircularly emarginate, base 

 strongly bisinuate, sides arcuately converging from base to 

 apex with a faint sinuation anteriorly, anterior angles slightly 

 produced, declivous and acute, posterior produced backwards 

 and acute, without foliate margins, the lateral border only 

 partially evident from above ; disc closely covered with round 

 even punctures (more closely placed than in M. darlivgensis), 

 with a smooth medial line indicated. Scutellum triangular, 

 punctate. Elytra of the same width as prothorax at base, 

 •oval, strongly striate punctate, the seriate punctures round 

 and evenly placed at a distance of the width of one, intervals 

 flat on the middle, convex towards the sides, finely setulose 

 and granulated. All tibiae (the anterior strongly so) dilated 

 at apex. Dimensions — 6' 7 x 3 mm. 



Bab. — Queensland : Hughenden. 



This species is a close ally of M. darling ensis, Blackb., 

 from which it differs especially in the produced declivous an- 

 teror angles of prothorax, the slight sinuation behind these, 

 and the lateral border not entirely evident from above, the 



