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Psyche 
[Sept.-Dee. 
Stenatarsus blackburni n. sp. 
Type, male. New South Wales, Australia. 
Large for the genus, long oval in outline, decidedly convex, 
pubescent. Color purplish-brown with the edges of the pronotum 
lighter and with the humeri and a median spot on each elytron 
yellow. Labrum very short and almost truncate in front, clypeus 
transversely rectangular, the suture deeply impressed. An- 
tennae less than half the length of body, moderately stout; joint 
I abruptly expanded from the base, joint 2 transverse, joints 3, 
4, 6 and 8 about as broad as long, 5 and 7 a little longer than 
broad, 9 evenly expanded from base to apex and about as broad 
as long, 10 somewhat transverse but a little longer than 9, joint 
II twice as long as and scarcely broader than 10, obliquely 
truncate at tip. Pronotum transverse, its elevated margin grad- 
ually narrowed from front to base, its sides parallel from base 
to middle then arcuately rounded to the obtuse front angles. 
Hind angles right. Base of pronotum broadly convex, trans- 
verse sulcus deeply impressed, lateral sulci obsolete but the 
basal foveae very deep. Just behind the deep fovea the base of 
the pronotum is elevated into a blunt tooth. Pronotal punctures 
fine, shallow and sparse on the disc, indistinct at the sides. 
Elytra with the humeri prominent and yellow in color. On each 
elytron there is a broad, black band, which begins at the base 
and extends posteriorly beyond the middle, expanding behind 
the umbo to approach the lateral margin. Near the inner margin 
of this black band and a little in front of the middle of the ely- 
tron there is a yellow spot, edged with red. The inner margin 
of the black band is interrupted for the length of the yellow 
spot. The elytra are densely and finely punctured with seven 
rows of larger punctures which end behind the middle, the 
three rows on the disc indistinct, those on the sides more con- 
spicuous and with larger punctures. Length 7 mm. 
Very close to St. ur sinus Gerstaecker in structure but differ- 
ing much in coloration. The fifth and seventh joints of the 
antennae are relatively longer than in ur sinus. The name given 
the species is that of the Reverend T. Blackburn. 
