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than prothorax, widest near the middle, feebly separately rounded. 
Femora moderate, the distance at their bases equal to or slightly 
greater than their length. Length 1 (vix) width h mm. 
II a b. — Sydney. 
Yery similar in size, shape and colour to the preceding, but 
differing in its puncturation, which closely resembles that of G. 
Andersoni, but is otherwise distinct. 
Clypeaster elliptica, n.sp. 
Elongate, moderately convex. Prothorax red, a piceous mark 
at apex; elytra piceous-black, with an indistinct dark red mark 
at the apex, and very indistinct near the sides; undersurface 
dark red, the metasternum piceous, legs and antenna? — which are 
concolorous — bright red, posterior femora somewhat darker. 
Elytra clothed with rather long pubescence, as dense but somewhat 
shorter on prothorax; the pubescence on the undersurface 
sparser, finer and darker than above. Elytra densely and 
extremely minutely punctate, and with small moderately dense 
punctures (sparsest on prothorax), metasternum minutely punctate. 
Prothorax feebly depressed in the middle of the base, shall owly 
bisinuate, angles scarcely produced. Scutellum feebly transverse, 
semicircularly triangular. Elytra much longer than wide, widest 
behind the base, where it is slightly wider than prothorax, not 
much wider at base than near apex, each separately rounded. 
Femora moderate, distance between posterior about equal to their 
< length. Length 14, width 1 mm. 
Hub. — Clarence and Richmond Rivers, N.S.W. 
This is a very distinct and rather rare species, much larger 
than any as yet recorded from Australia. 
