BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 389 



tures on anterior half from side to side. Mandibles long; outer 

 side finely setigero-punctate (about twelve setse) in juxta-antennal 

 channel. Prothorax broader than long(7'5 x 1 i mm.), lightly 

 convex, decli\ous on anterior three-fourths and posteriorly to 

 basal depression; sides lightly rounded on anterior two-thirds, 

 lightly obliquely narrowed posteriorly; apex lightly and widely 

 emarginate; anterior angles not advanced, obtusely rounded; 

 base emarginate; basal angles widely obtuse; lateral border wide, 

 lightly reflexed posteriorly; median line lightlj' impressed; latei'al 

 basal impressions short, wide, distinct, connected by a wide basal 

 depression; posterior marginal seta placed beside lateral border 

 a little befoie basal angle; base with a marginal hair-fi'inge above 

 peduncle. Elytra much wider than prothorax(22 x 15-4 mm.)^ 

 lightly and evenly convex, wide across base, evenly rounded on 

 sides, widely rounded without sinuosities at apex; interstices 

 finely shagreened, 1-7 convex, subcostate, third, fifth, and seventii 

 costiform and slightly more prominent than the others, eighth 

 depressed; border reflexed, less strongly so behind shoulders; 

 -striole at base of first interstice represented by a fine oblique 

 scratch; anterior puncture of third interstice placed a little 

 behind middle, posterior puncture about 3-5 mm. from apex of 

 interstice. Peduncle wide. Scutellum very wide and short. 

 Prosternuni with a wide deep intercoxal channel, this channel 

 not reaching base. Metasternum with a wide deep longitudinal 

 channel; epislerna short, declivous to epimera, bordered along 

 anterior, inner, and posterior sides. Ventral segments 2-6 

 setigero-punctate; second with a few punctures on each side near 

 trochanters; sixth with a few tine setae on each side; third, 

 fourth, and fifth with numerous punctures scattered over their 

 surfaces, except near sides and (in a general way) near anterioi- 

 jnargins. Length 39, breadth 15-4 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland : Blackall Range(Hacker). 



1 owe a single specimen of this remarkable species to the kind- 

 ness of Mr. Henry Hacker. Its much greater size distinguishes 

 It from N.fortis^il. It is evidently not iVitrits niger CivA\xd., 

 which is described as having no vestiye of a tooth at the shoulders 



