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Vndtr-surface with irregularly distributed punctures, and in 

 places wrinkled. Legs long; front femora obtusely sub- 

 dentate near base; front tibiae with an angular notch at about 

 apical two-fifths, hind ones about half the length of elytra 

 and inourved. Length, 36 mm. 



Hab. — Finke River. Type, I. 3444, in South Australian 

 Museum. 



The type, one of the finest insects ever taken in Central 

 Australia, was obtained from under a log. The species differs 

 from robustus in being stouter and by the' prothorax dis- 

 tinctly less transverse ( 9 ) (10 x 6J in robustus, 9 x 7 in whitei) 

 with the sides much less angularly inflated. On both species 

 the fifth interstice on each elytron from near the base is con- 

 spicuously ridged, but on whitei the ridge at the summit of 

 the posterior declivity bifurcates, and the forks are joined 

 together near apex, so that they completely enclose a narrowly 

 elliptic space with isolated striae. But on robustus the space 

 is not so enclosed, the third and fourth striae being traceable 

 over the summit, although slightly irregular at the summit 

 itself. The legs are also longer and the hind tibiae different. 

 The suture (as on robustus) between the two basal segments 

 of abdomen is rather indistinct across the middle, although 

 deep on the sides, so that at first the abdomen appears to be 

 composed of but four segments. 



Clilopocha, n. g. 



Head not very large; eyes large, widely separated, 

 scarcely visibly faceted, with medio-frontal canthus con- 

 spicuous; clypeus strongly produced, margins strongly up- 

 turned, front feebly curved, sides almost parallel ; labrum very 

 short; palpi with terminal joint elongate and cylindrical; 

 antennae ten-jointed, the three apical ones forming an elongate 

 dub. Prothorax transverse. Elytra subgeminate-striate. 

 Tibiae short, front pair strongly tridentate, the others each 

 with an acute oblique median ridge ; tarsi elongate, with sparse 

 long hairs and stiff setae; claws long and simple. 



Belongs to the Sericoides, but I cannot make the species 

 ^described below fit into any of the many genera of that sub- 

 tribe proposed or commented upon by the late Rev. T. Black- 

 burn. In his table ^ 1Q ) its position seems open to question. 

 When the head is removed so that the under-surface may be 

 clearly seen the suture between the labrum and clypeus is 

 fairly distinct, and both are seen to have a row of setiferous 



(9) To the naked eye it appears to be quite as long as wide. 

 do) Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., 1898, pp. 32-4. 



