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therein, the transverse septse less raised than the costae, the 

 two outside intervals more indefinitely raised and the reticu- 

 lation of septse more pronounced in this part; intervals 

 impunctate. Abdomen minutely punctate, its first three seg- 

 ments longitudinally strigose ; prosternum transversely strigose. 

 Legs rather slender, tibiae straight. Dimensions — 17 x 8 mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Narrabri. 



A single specimen, probably male, was given me by my 

 friend, Mr. T. G. Sloane, some years ago. It is labelled 

 "Narrabri, Musson," and has been withheld from description, 

 partly through doubt as to its position and partly in the hope 

 of acquiring more specimens. It is remarkable in exhibiting 

 in its elytral sculpture a transitional form between the 

 punetate-striate and the reticulate, some of its intervals, 

 especially towards the sides, showing distinct reticulation, 

 i.e., two or three punctures (in a network of raised lines) 

 taking the place of a single puncture. Type in author's 

 collection. 



Onotrichus minor, n. sp. 



Widely oval, convex ; brownish-black, moderately nitid 

 above, more nitid beneath; antennae and tarsi reddish, the 

 apical joints of the former paler, the latter clothed with yellow 

 tomentum ; whole surface above and below with long, fine,, 

 upright hairs. 



Read — Labrum emarginate and punctate ; epistoma trun- 

 cate and reflexed in front, making an angle with the canthus, 

 concave behind with scarcely defined sulcus, whole surface 

 coarsely rugose punctate ; eyes small and partially concealed 

 by prothorax; antennae not reaching base of prothorax, apical 

 joints enlarged, joint 3 as long as 4-5 combined, 4-6 obconic, 

 7 triangular, 8-10 round, 11 ovate. Prothorax 4x7 mm., 

 widest behind middle, arcuate at apex ; anterior angles obtuse, . 

 slightly advanced, sides lightly sinuate in front and behind, 

 widely rounded ; posterior angles obtuse, scarcely produced ; 

 lateral border raised, moderately thickened and punctate, 

 rather widely channelled within ; disc without central impres- 

 sion, irregularly covered with round deep punctures, thickest 

 in front, the interspaces densely and finely punctate. Scutel- 

 Imn thin and very transverse. Elytra wider than prothorax 

 at base, and rather more than twice as long, convex longi- 

 tudinally and transversely, widest near apex ; apical declivity 

 steep, shoulders rounded, narrowly margined, each elytron 

 with three well-raised nitid costae, crenulated at the sides by 

 rows of punctures ; suture almost flat ; intervals coarsely, rather 

 closely but irregularly, punctate with slight rugosity in places. 

 Abdomen and femora coarsely punctate; prosternum rugose- 

 punctate, its process widely arched behind; coxae coarsely 



