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serrated. Prothorax strongly transverse, sides and base with 

 thin margins; sides with fairly distinct punctures, sparse else- 

 where. Elytra with sides feebly dilated from near base to 

 beyond the middle, sides and suture slightly thickened ; with 

 sharply defined and dense, but not crowded, punctures. Legs 

 long and thin, hind tibiae rather strongly curved. Length,. 

 T75-2 mm. 



9 . Differs in having the head slightly smaller, with 

 thinner antennae, elytra slightly wider, legs slightly shorter,. 

 and in the tip of the abdomen. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Blue Mountains (Dr. E. W.- 

 Ferguson). Type, I. 12220. 



In appearance like small specimens of H. cal carat us, from 

 which it differs in the thinner antennae, and hind tibiae of 

 female not spurred; H. ahdomirwdis is somewhat larger, elytra 

 with smaller punctures, and antennae much shorter and dis- 

 tinctly serrated. 



Hypattalus minutus, n. sp. 



Black; a small part of muzzle, basal parts of legs, and 

 parts of basal joints of antennae obscurely testaceous. 

 Upper-surface almost glabrous. 



Head almost impunctate, an oblique depression each, 

 side in front. Antennae moderately long, thin, and 

 obtusely serrated. Prothorax strongly transverse, sides and 

 base finely margined; almost impunctate. Elytra rather 

 distinctly dilated to near apex; with minute, rugulose 

 punctures. Legs long and thin. Length, 1 mm. 



Hah. — South Australia: Kangaroo Island (A. H.. 

 Elston). Type, I. 12219. 



The smallest Australian species of the Malachiides,. 

 being only about half the bulk of R. parvoniger, its 

 nearest ally. The tarsi are narrower than is usual in the 

 genus, and the exoskeleton seems to be unusually soft; as a 

 result the live specimens taken by Mr. Elston all differ in 

 apparent shape, owing to post-mortem contractions. 



Carphurus and Balanophorus. 



Owing to the fact that the females, as well as the males r 

 of Balanophorus have a comb on the basal joint of the front 

 tarsi, and that in Ctir'phurus it is the males only that have 

 such a comb, I was led astray, and described as male 

 Carphuri specimens that were really female Balanophori. In 

 my table ( 15) the species that need reconsideration in this 



(15) Lea, Trans. Eirt. Soc. Lond., 1909, pp. 188-191; in the 

 table the top line of page 190 should have been hh not nn (to& 

 mate with k on page 189). 



