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Dasytes erythroderes, n. sp. 



Black; prothorax, legs (partly or entirely), and basal 

 joints of antennae, more or less reddish or navous. Clothed 

 with short, ashen pubescence; the elytra, in addition, with 

 subdepressed setae. 



Head with rather dense and small punctures. Antennae 

 rather short. Prothorax widely transverse, sides and base 

 rounded, hind angles rounded off; punctures minute. Elytra 

 at base slightly wider than prothorax, sides feebly dilated 

 in middle; with dense, and rather sharply defined punctures. 

 Length, 2-2*5 mm. 



Hab.—'New South Wales: Mount Kosciusko, 5,700-6,000 

 feet (R. Helms); Victoria: Dividing Range (Blackburn's 

 collection), Melton, in February (F. E. Wilson); South 

 Australia: Mount Lofty Range (R. J. Burton). Type, 

 I. 12291. 



Readily distinguished from all previously named Aus- 

 tralian species by the reddish prothorax ; of the nine specimens 

 before me six have it entirely pale, on two the disc is 

 slightly, and on the other deeply infuscated; four specimens 

 (from Mount Kosciusko, slightly larger than the others, and 

 with the prothorax entirely pale) have the femora black ; 

 one of the Victorian specimens has the tarsi infuscated, on 

 all the others the legs are entirely pale. From above the 

 clothing appears to be uniform pubescence, but from the 

 sides short setae may be seen on the elytra.* On one female 

 specimen the head, from some directions, appears to have 

 two shallow depressions in front. 



Dasytes cribarius, n. sp. 



Black, elytra with a slight coppery-green gloss, tibiae, 

 tarsi, and second to sixth joints of antennae somewhat 

 reddish. Clothed with short, ashen pubescence; in addition 

 with numerous suberect, dark setae. 



Head with crowded punctures, becoming somewhat 

 larger and sharply defined in front ; with two distinct longi- 

 tudinal impressions in front. Antennae scarcely extending 

 to base of prothorax, most of the joints transverse. 

 Prothorax scarcely one-fourth wider than long, base slightly 

 incurved at middle, hind angles rounded off; with dense and 

 sharply defined -punctures. Elytra wider than prothorax,. 

 parallel-sided to near apex; with dense punctures, at base 

 slightly larger than on prothorax, becoming smaller pos- 

 teriorly; with faint remnants of striation. Length, 2*75 mm. 



Hab. — South Australia: Mount Lofty Ranges (J. G. Ch 

 Tepper). Type (unique), I. 12283. 



