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Eyes widely separated, obliquely placed. Antennae compara- 

 tively short and stout, third joint about once and one-half 

 the length of second. Prothorax distinctly longer than wide, 

 widest slightly in advance of middle, sides thence strongly 

 narrowed to apex, and gently incurved between same and 

 base ; with a vague median line on basal half ; with numerous 

 distinct punctures of moderate size. Elytra almost parallel- 

 sided except about base and apex; densely, moderately- 

 strongly, and rugosely punctate. Length, 4-11 mm.( 15 ) 



Hah. — Western Australia: Swan River, on flowers of 

 Hakea sp. (A. M. Lea). Type, I. 3209. 



In Blackburn's table would be associated with aspericeps 

 and rugosipennis ; from the former it is readily distinguished 

 by its red and differently sculptured prothorax, and more 

 wrinkled but less coarsely punctured elytra. From the varie- 

 ties of rugosipennis with red prothorax it is distinguished by 

 its prothorax being wider at the apex and narrower at the 

 base, elytra very differently sculptured and legs entirely 

 black. Ro strata , whose colours are practically identical, 

 differs in having the punctures on the head very much 

 smaller, and on the elytra much larger, second joint of 

 antennas much shorter and the prothoracic outlines and punc- 

 tures different. The four specimens before me are exactly 

 alike in colours, except that one has a vague purplish and 

 another a vague greenish gloss on the elytra. The smallest 

 one has a very distinct but rather shallow fovea on each side 

 of the prothorax, slightly nearer the base than apex, but on 

 the others there is scarcely a trace of same. The elytral punc- 

 tures are not sharply defined in the ordinary way, and the 

 interstices between them have an irregular vermiform 

 appearance. 



ZONITIS MELANOPTERA, n. Sp. 



Of a rather dingy flavous-red ; elytra, abdomen, labrum, 

 antennae, palpi, tarsi, and apex of femora and of tibiae more 

 or less black; metasternum infuscate on each side. Elytra 

 with very short, fine, ashen pubescence, rest of upper-surface 

 almost glabrous. 



Head moderately long, widest across eyes, shallowly 

 impressed from between same to base of rostrum ; with clearly 

 defined punctures of moderate size, but irregularly distributed. 

 Eyes moderately large, separation at nearest point about equal 

 to basal- joint of antennae, hind margin of each almost parallel 

 with adjacent margin of head. Antennae long, second and 

 third joints equal in length. Prothorax distinctly longer 



(15) No reliance is to be placed on size as an aid to identifi- 

 cation, as the range of variation is great in the majority of species. 



