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under an apical lobe ; scape somewhat longer than funicle, the 

 latter six-jointed; club three-jointed. Palpi slender. Man- 

 dibles moderately long, thin but deep ; inner side hairy. 

 Prothorax transverse, margins crenulate. Scutellum trans-' 

 verse. Elytra suboblong, apex widely rounded. Intercoxal 

 process of mesosternum narrow, feebly grooved. Abdomen 

 short. Legs rather long, front tibiae multi-dentate; tarsi 

 long, claws long, onychium very thin, about one-third the 

 length of claws. 



9 . Differs in having head smaller, mandibles much 

 shorter and wider than deep, prothorax smaller and legs 

 shorter, with stouter femora. 



The only species known is a beautiful little insect that 

 occurs on flowers in the Dorrigo scrub. It is evidently allied 

 to Lamprima, but has four eyes, much thinner mandibles and 

 palpi, very different mesosternal process, spur of front tibiae 

 simple, etc. Rhyssonotus, which also has four eyes, has very 

 different mandibles, antennae, and mesosternal process. Caco- 

 stomus, also with four eyes, is perhaps its nearest ally, but 

 has very different mandibles and a scaly body. 



EUCARTERIA FLORALIS, n. Sp. 



PL xvi., figs. 4 and 5. 



$ . Black or blackish, with a brassy or brassy-green 

 gloss; parts of under-surface, antennae, palpi, tibiae, and tarsi 

 reddish, femora flavous; elytra with an oblique flavous vitta 

 from each shoulder to about apical fourth, but not quite 

 touching suture. 



Head about twice as wide as long; with dense and rather 

 coarse punctures, surface subtuberculate in places. Mandibles 

 with moderately dense punctures. Prothorax about once and 

 one-half as wide as long, strongly convex, apex shallowly 

 emarginate, lateral margins finely crenulated, and widest at 

 about basal third; with scattered punctures of rather small 

 size but sharply defined ; with a small round fovea on each 

 side of front of disc. Scutellum about twice as wide as long, 

 apex widely rounded; with distinct punctures. Elytra 

 parallel-sided to near apex, surface finely wrinkled in places, 

 and with small, scattered punctures. Femora stout; front 

 tibiae strongly dentate externally, the teeth varying in num- 

 ber from six to nine, but the three apical ones always larger 

 than the others, with a strong apical spur; middle tibiae 

 moderately curved, apex with two spurs, one of which is 

 •curved ; hind tibiae with two strong apical spurs ; tarsi long, 

 apical-joint (including the claws) as long as the others com- 

 bined. Length (including mandibles), 7J-11 mm. 



