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strongly but finely punctate ; sternum diffusedly punctate, ab- 

 domen finely strigose. Dimensions — 10 x 42 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Kuranda (G. E. Bryant and A. M. 



Lea). 



Two examples examined are close allies of A. variolaris, 

 Pasc, and A . rimosus, Blackb., in having the strongly differ- 

 entiated purple punctures with coppery elytra, but in variolaris 

 the pronotum is a uniform bronze and the elytral punctures 

 are scarcely seriate ; while rimosus is a larger species with con- 

 colourous pronotum and much more elongate-seriate punctures. 

 I have seen other specimens in collections, but have confused 

 it previously with variolaris. Type in the author's collection. 



Amarygmus minimus, n. sp. 



Ovate, convex ; very nitid dark-bronze above, rufescent 

 beneath, all appendages red. 



Head closely punctate, eyes rather widely separated, an- 

 tennae slender with apical- joints slightly enlarged, joint 11 

 wider than 10 and elongate. Prothorax much wider at base 

 than at apex, truncate at apex, sinuate at base, sides nearly 

 straightly converging from base to apex, disc closely and dis- 

 tinctly punctate. Elytra considerably wider than prothorax, 

 very convex, striate-punctate, the punctures in striae very 

 small and rather distant, the intervals everywhere quite flat, 

 and almost microscopically punctate ; abdomen closely striolate. 

 Dimensions — 3 x 2 (vix.) mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns. 



Three specimens of this minute species evidently differ 

 from A. iilliputanus , Blackb. (of which I have co-types, taken 

 by Mr. Masters at Wide Bay), in (1) smaller size, (2) the 

 form of prothorax (rather widely rounded in lilliputanus), 

 (3) the finer puncturation of the elytral series. Blackburn 

 gave the colour of lilliputanus as black, but the elytra have 

 some metallic gleams with a tinge of green in my specimens. 

 The dimensions of his species is 2 1. (4 mm.), but a difference 

 of 1 mm. is considerable in dealing with such small insects. 

 Type, I. 2213, in the South Australian Museum. 



Strongylium fuscovestitum, n. sp. 



Elongate, moderately convex ; brown, clothed above and 

 beneath with rather dense adpressed pale-brown hair, apical- 

 joint of antennae yellow, tibiae rufescent. 



Head closely clad with recumbent hair, epistomal suture 

 arcuate, longitudinally impressed between the eyes, these large 

 and separated by a distance of about half the diameter of one 

 eye (more approximate in the male than in the female) ; 



