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striie punctate and the interstices almost flat, and irregularly and 

 faintly punctate. Legs and under surface piceous red, in every other 

 respect like P. sulcifennis. 



Length, 5| lines. 



Hah. — Mulgrave River, Cairns. 



25. Lepidiota Froggattl 



A very large convex species, of a nitid black colour, but so 

 densely clothed with short setiform scales as to giA'e it an opaque 

 dirty grey appearance. Head transverse, the eyes large and half- 

 concealed by the thorax, clypeus very much broader than long, 

 largely rounded at the angles and marginate and reflexed at the 

 apex. Thorax transverse, much broader than the head, very 

 densely scaled, emarginate on the anterior border w hich is ciliated 

 with long hairs, a little rounded on the sides which are slightly 

 crenulate, and bisinuate at the base which is broader than the apex. 

 Scutellura transverse, rounded behind. Elytra as broad as the 

 thorax at the base and gradually becoming wider towards the apex, 

 where they are jointly a little emarginate, three times the length 

 of the thorax, and rugosely punctate, with four rather smooth 

 raised lines on each elytron, the two nearest the suture joining and 

 forming a callus near the apex. The pygidium is rugosely punc- 

 tate and moderately scaly. The sterna are clothed with cinereous 

 hair, the abdominal segments with short setiform scales. The legs 

 are strong, very coarsely and rugosely punctate, and armed with 

 strong setae, the anterior tibise are strongly tridentate, the claws of 

 all the tarsi are armed on the middle of the under surface with an 

 acute strong curved tooth. 



Length, 17 lines. 



Hah. — Barron River. 



Family RUTELID^. 

 26. Popilia flavomaculata. 

 Ovate, moderately convex, brassy green on head and thorax, 

 reddish-brown and very nitid on the elytra and legs. Head finely 

 punctate and clothed with a short yellowish decumbent pubescence, 



