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NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 
rather longer. Prothorax with minute scattered punctures, elytra 
densely and minutely, metasteraum feebly but distinctly punctate. 
Prothorax rounded and feebly depressed at base, angles slightly 
produced. Scutellum slightly longer than wide, semicircularly 
rounded. Elytra considerably longer than wide, widest behind 
the base, and slightly wider than prothorax, each feebly separately 
rounded. Femora not very thick, distance between posterior 
more than their length. Length 1J, width J (vix) mm. 
Hab — Clarence River. 
Differs from C. collar is in being larger, in having the punctures 
on the prothorax stronger but less dense, its base somewhat 
different, and by the blotch about the scutellum. I have dedicated 
the species to Mr. H. C. L. Anderson, formerly Director of the 
New South Wales Department of Agriculture. 
CLYPE ASTER DORSALIS, 11. Sp. 
Moderately elongate. Red; prothorax with a piceous mark at 
apex, elytra with a brownish blotch about scutellum, the apex 
piceous, the extreme apex lighter; metasternum darker than 
above, muzzle and legs reddish- testaceous, apical joints of antennae 
piceous-brown. Above with moderately long and not dense 
pubescence, sparse on prothorax, sparser on the undersurface. 
Above very densely and extremely minutely punctate, and with 
minute scattered punctures; metasternum visibly punctate. 
Prothorax feebly depressed and almost truncate at base, angles 
very slightly produced. Scutellum rather small, feebly transverse, 
semicircularly rounded. Elytra longer than wide, widest behind 
the base, and slightly wider than prothorax, each separately 
rounded. Femora rather thick, distance between the posterior 
greater than their length. Length 1, width J mm. 
U ah.— Tweed River, KS.W. 
Differs from G. collaris in being smaller, by the dark markings 
of the elytra, prothoracic punctures much sparser and feebler, 
and its base somewhat different; in this last respect it resembles 
the preceding, but its much sparser puncturation and smaller 
size will distinguish it from that species. 
