246 _ YNGVE SJÖSTEDT, A0RTD10DEA AUSTRALICA. 



anlennce angustse, extrorsum sensim plus minus ve ampliatae, compressse; ptonotum 

 supra planiusculum carinis tribus distinctis modo sulco postico sectis; sulci ceteri 

 inter carinas obliterati; margo anticus rectus, posticus cordiformiter excisus; latera 

 pronoti margine postico leviter incurvo, margine infero medio leviter rotundato pro- 

 ducto; tuberculum prosternale laminato-compressum, retrorsum sensim angustatum, 

 apice truncato leviter incurvo; lobi metasternales contigui (ef) vel leviter distantes 

 (?); carina media femorum posticorum postice media in spinam acutam produeta; 

 lobi geniculares apice rotundato; elytra lobiformia circiter longitudine pronoti, supra 

 valde distantes; cerci ef angusti compressi, leviter incurvi, apice leviter decurvo; 

 segmentum ultimum dorsale abdominis medio interruptum et hic spinis duabus, sub- 

 longis, acutis, retrorsum distincte divergentibus instruetum. 

 Genotypus: Xypechtia testncea Sjöst. 



Dispositio specierum. 



a. Supra cum tibiis posticis testacea. testacea ri. sp. 



aa. Supra nigra, tibiae posticse rubrae. rubripes n. sp. 



Xypechtia testacea n. sp. 



ef?: Costa frontalis medio leviter sulcata; facies declivis, a latere visa le- 

 vissime curva; foveolae verticis impressione sat indicatae; antennce reclinatse marginem 

 posticum pronoti leviter superantes (ef) vel non attingentes (?), lineares, compressse, 

 in ? parte basali vix, in ef paulo magis angustatse, preesertim in ef apice leviter in- 

 fuscato; carinse 'pronoti tres valde distinctat, sulco postico solo sectse, sulci duo antici 

 in latera distincti, supra toto obliterati vel vix indicati; carinse laterales retrorsum 

 sensim divergentes; lobus posticus quam anticus multo brevior, minutissime punc- 

 tatus, postice cordiformiter excisus; margo inferus laterum pronoti paulo post me- 

 dium late rotundato-produetus, margo anticus rectus, declivis, posticus leviter et 

 late incurvus; elytra longitudine pronoti, margine antico curvo, postico recto; lamina 

 supraanalis linguiformis, parte apicali impressa, apice bifida; cerci ef tseniformes, 

 angusti, basi latiores, apice angustato, leviter decurvo, rotundato, circiter apicem 

 abdominis attingentes. 



Testacea, vitta lata postocularis per latera pronoti et thoracis ultra per di- 

 midiam anteriorem elytrorum perdueta nigra, in latera pronoti ? fere modo macula 

 mediana nigra indicata; apex femorum posticorum et basis tibiarum in ef nigra, in 

 ? leviter infuscata; femora postica sparse fusco maculata vel adumbrata; tibiae 

 posticse la3te testacea?, albo villosa?, spina? extus 8, intus 10, apice nigra?. 



ef: Long. 12, ant. 5,5, pron. 2.2, elytr. 2.2, fem. post. 7,5, tib. post. 6,5 mm. 



?: » 16, » 5, »3, 3, » 10, 8,6 » 



Pairia. Queensland: Bowen (Schmeltz) ef? typ., coll. Beunner, Mus. Wien. 



