BY H. J. CARTER. 



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and one-half as long as and a little wider than prothorax; 

 shoulders slightly obtuse, scutellum widely transverse and elliptic, 

 very finely punctate. Each elytron lineate-punctate with ten 

 lines of regular punctures; alternate intervals, viz., third, fifth, 

 seventh and ninth with raised shining elongate nodules which 

 become shorter towards apex. The sutural lines themselves 

 nodulose towards apex only. Epipleurse coarsely punctate. 

 Abdomen pitchy-brown and very finely punctate. Intercoxal 

 process raised and truncate. Front tibiae moderately bowed, 

 other tibiae straight. Dimensions — 15 x 5 mm. 



Hob. — Blackheath, Blue Mountains (H. J. Carter). 



A very distinct species. In general shape somewhat like S. 

 parallela Germ., but differing in the absence of large punctures 

 on pronotum, its crenulate sides and more oval form. The 

 nodulose suture is a strong distinctive character, while the basal 

 portion of the elytra is free from any sign of nodulation. 



Seirotrana vicina, n.sp. (Text fig. 1). 

 Elongate-ovate, depressed, dark bronze, subnitid; tarsi, palpi 

 and antennae brown. 



Head and prothorax coarsely vermiculately 

 punctate. Antenna? short (but thinner than in 

 S. vertebralis), third joint little longer than 

 fourth. Prothorax differs from that of S. 

 vertebralis in the following particulars — sides 

 notched, deeply in the female, less deeply in 

 male, anterior angles strongly produced forward, 

 sides more widely rounded and angulately in- 

 curved at base (where the dentation ends). 

 Disc more coarsely punctate, the longitudinal 

 lines more prominent, and having two larger 

 depressions on basal half. Elytra more parallel 

 than in S. vertebralis, with shoulders sharply 

 margined, the raised intervals wider, less 

 elevated, shining, and more evenly divided into 

 Suture flat throughout, and the seriate punc- 



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elongate nodules. 





