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in the middle, carina interrupted about half-wa}' by depression, 

 with its hinder lobe (seen from the side) widely oval in outline 

 (not pointed) and produced behind. Scutellum trianguUir. 

 Elytra of the same width at base and half as long again as the 

 prothorax, shoulders rectangular and subdentate, sides a little 

 narrowing behind shoulder, then subparallel till near apex, witli 

 border regidarly creniilated, except near apex, explanate margin 

 .flat, widest at shoulder, then narrowed rather suddenly and 

 continued of uniform width to apex; each elytron with two 

 costse equidista,nt from the sutui'e, each other, and the sides 

 respectively; the first strongly rising in abrupt curve from basal 

 margin, becoming less raised posteriorly, abru[>t]y ending on 

 apical declivity ; the second starting from well behind the 

 shoulder, then parallel to the first and terminating at the same 

 distance from apex; the suture itself carinate from the middle to 

 a little behind the termination of the other four costse. The 

 whole uiidersurface thickly clothed with stout brown upright 

 hairs, prosternum a little transversely strigose towards the sides; 

 femora and tibiie thickly clothed with fawn-coloured recumbent 

 hair; tibiae shortly spinose at the apex. Dimensions 15x8 mm. 



Hab. — Port Darwin. 



I have received, through the kindness of Mr. C. French, a 

 single male specimen. It is quite distinct from the other 

 described squaraose species by its crenulate-sided and 5-costate 

 elytra, inter alia. Type in the author's coll. 



En'cara latum, n.sp. (Fig. 1.) 



Widely .ovate-cordate, chestnut-brown, glabrous, moderately 

 mitid; antennae and palpi red, underside pale red. 



Head transversely oval, epistoma flat, rounded, and slightly 

 raised at sides, eyes large, separated by a space less than the 

 diameter of one, forehead coarsely, epistoma finely punctate; 

 antennae extending beyond base of prothorax, third joint less 

 than the fourth and fifth combined, apical five joints successively 

 widening and thicker than preceding. Prothorax (S x 12 mm.) 

 length measured in middle, width at base, width between 



