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D.EDR0SIS ANGULATA, n. Sp. 



Narrowly ovate ; brilliant bronze, glabrous ; antennae and 

 tibiae red ; labrum, palpi, and tarsi light castaneous. 



Head very coarsely punctate, epistomal suture arcuate and 

 sulcate, eyes very prominent; antennae rather short, joint 3 

 little longer than 4, 4-8 somewhat oblong, 9-10 subtriangular, 

 not rounded, 11 shortly ovate and much less enlarged than is 

 usual in the genus. Prothorax subcordate, widest at middle, 

 wider at apex than at base, truncate at both ; anterior angles 

 obtuse, very slightly rounded at tips; sides entire, rounded 

 anteriorly, sinuately converging behind ; posterior angles de- 

 fined and subrectangular, narrowly bordered throughout; 

 lateral margins more or less explanate, but coarsely punctate 

 like the disc; the lateral border evident from above, disc 

 coarsely punctate with a few smooth spaces and two large foveae 

 .at middle, and no indication of a middle line. Scutellum 

 small, rounded — a triangular depression on elytra behind it. 

 Elytra ovate, wider than prothorax at base, shoulders -widely 

 rounded, striate-punctate, intervals quite flat, each with a 

 single line of punctures ; striae not deep, seriate punctures 

 round and close. Prosternum coarsely and sparsely, abdomen 

 closely and finely, punctate. Dimensions — 7 fvix.j x 3 mm. 



Hab. — Victoria (the author). 



A specimen was taken in Christmas, 1912, by myself, 

 either at Warburton or Flinders. While allied to D. victoria, 

 Blackb., in its elytral sculpture, it differs from all the other 

 members of the genus in (1) its flatter and more cordate pro- 

 thorax, more explanate sides and defined posterior angles, (2) 

 the marked antennal differences, the apical joint much less 

 enlarged, and (3) glabrous surface. 



D^EDROSIS APTFORMIS, n. sp. 



Subpedunculate, oval ; bronze, antennae brown, apex of 

 femora, tibiae, tarsi, and oral organs pale-red, whole surface 

 more or less pilose. 



Head coarsely rugose-punctate, with some smooth impres- 

 sions on forehead ; clypeal suture straight and deep ; antennae 

 stout and rope-like, joint 3 as long as 4-5 combined, 4-10 

 moniliform, 9-10 larger than preceding, 11 as long as the 

 three preceding combined, and much wider, ovoid. Pro- 

 thorax about as wide as long (2x2 mm.), subtruncate at apex 

 and base ; anterior angles subrectangular and slightly produced, 

 wider at apex than at base, sides well rounded, narrowed be- 

 hind ; posterior angles obsolete (very widely rounded), sides 

 narrowly margined — not channelled — the margin evident near 

 the front angles but diminishing and deflexed behind ; disc 



