collected in Australia and Tasmania. 
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Three specimens, two of which have been forwarded 
to the British Museum. This species has much the 
j facies of a small Harpalid. It cannot be referred to 
Scaletomerus, Blackb., which has a securiform apical joint 
to the maxillary palpi. 
Otys pallensj n. sp. 
Oblong-oval, convex, glabrous, subopaque, the elytra rather 
shining ; pale testaceous, the eyes black. Head thickly, very 
finely punctate ; the eyes large, somewhat narrowly separated ; 
antennae rather more than half the length of the body, joints 5-11 
moderately elongate. Prothorax convex, strongly transverse, the 
sides parallel from the middle to the base, rounded in front, the 
hind angles rectangular ; the surface closely, very finely punctate, 
and with a few scattered coarser punctures on the basal part of 
the disc, obsoletely canaliculate behind, and with small but 
distinct basal foveas. Elytra convex, much wider than the pro- 
thorax, oblong-oval ; finely and deeply punctate-striate, the punc- 
tures very closelj' placed ; the interstices feebly convex, sparsely, 
very finely punctate, and with a few scattered coarser punctures 
intermixed. Posterior femora shallowly sulcate beneath in their 
outer third. Legs simple in the male. Length 4^, breadth about 
2imm.(^). 
Hah. W. Australia — Cassini Island. 
One male specimen, in mutilated condition, sent by 
Mr. Walker to the British Museum. This insect re- 
sembles a small pallid Phaleria. It differs from 0. 
harpalinus in the more deeply punctate-striate elytra, 
the interstices much more distinctly punctured. The 
antennas are more elongate in the male, the legs being 
quite simple in this sex. The posterior femora are sulcate 
beneath at the apex only. 
Otys armatusy n. sp. (Plate VI., fig. 2, 6.) 
Oblong-oval, convex, shining, entirely testaceous, the eyes 
excepted, somewhat thickly clothed with moderately long, semi- 
erect fulvous hairs. Head sparsely, finely punctate ; the eyes 
large, separated by a space not equalling the width of one of the 
eyes as seen from above ; antennae almost half the length of the 
body. Prothorax strongly transverse, very convex, the sides 
rounded anteriorly and parallel behind, the hind angles rectan- 
gular ; the surface thickly, finely punctate, and with small but 
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