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(quam pronotum vix magis subtiliter) punctulatis, striatis- 
striis puneturis sat magnis leviter impressis, interstitiis. 
tuberculis seriatim instructis, his vix elevatis nisi in inter- 
stitio 3° in quo tuberculus anticus cristam longitudinalem 
bene elevatam format (fere ut Dotici hiat Olliff sed 
minus elevatam) ; femoribus ad apice aud ut. dens pro- 
ductis ; ; se sat fortiter (fere ut A. nd De Geer) 
elongat 
Maris ma anticis intus ciliatis ; tarsis anticis quam feminæ 
multo robnetioribus, et setulis elongatis vestitis. Long., 
1—13 l; lat., 2—3 1. 
Readily dista gushabla among the Australian Areoceri by the 
crest-like tubercle near the base of the third interstice of its 
elytra. In a fresh specimen the alternate elytral interstices bear 
a number of rather conspicuous little tubercles covered with. 
pubescence (on some of the tubercles darker, on others lighter, 
than that of the general surface) which is a little longer than 
of the general surface, while the basal margin of the elytra is 
entirely and narrowly bordered with red-brown pubescence. In 
abraded specimens the interstitial tubercles are much less con- 
spieuous. Compared with Doticus palmaris, Pasc., and pestilens, 
Oliiff, the present species is, inter alia, very much smaller and 
narrow 
EREE ; given to me by Mr. Koebele. 
A. Koebelei, sp. nov. Sat late ovalis ; sat convexus ; nigricans, 
rufo-cinerea in pronoti parte anteriori et in elytrorum parti- 
bus scutellari humeralique et interstitiis alternis maculatim 
vestitus ; antennis prothoracis basin attingentibus, articulo 
9° quam 10" vix longiori; prothorace fere ut A. bicris 
sed magis transverso; elytris fere ut A. bicristati, 
interstitio 3° basin versus haud gibboso ; femoribus ut 
A. bieristati ; tarsis quam A. bicristati magis robustis, minus 
at. rh 
PIS 
E) 
elongatis. 
Maris tibiis anticis leviter sinuatis, intus ciliatis et subtiliter 
crenulatis ; tarsis anticis breviter pilosis et leviter dilatatis. 
Readily diitupishsble f rom its Australian congeners known 
to me by its almost black colour, and its dark legs. It is a much 
broader and more robust species than A. bicristatus. In a fresh 
specimen hs whitish pubescent spots stand out very conspicuously 
on the blackish general surface. hoy m a slight mottling on 
