BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., <feC. 229 



28. Chiroplatys inconspicuus. 



Oblong-oval, convex, black, subnitid. Head rugosely punctate, 

 unarmed. Clypeal suture aimost straight, clypeus broadly rounded 

 with a slight emargination in front. Thorax transverse, convex, 

 rounded on the sides and punctate in front, with a large semi- 

 circular excavation in the middle, and a short strong rather acute 

 horn on the anterior edge of the cavity, nearly alike in both sexes. 

 Scutellum of rounded triangular form, scarcely punctate, the 

 median line marked on it. Elytra convex, not broader than the 

 thorax and twice the length, marked with a deep sutural stria, 

 rather crenulate-punctate, and a number of rows, scarcely forming 

 striae, of small punctures. Legs very powerful. 



Length, 7^ lines. 



Hab. — Cairns. 



MALACODERMES. 



Family LYCID.E. 



29. Metriorhynchus elongatus. 



Entirely black, except the thorax and elytra which are red. 

 Head nitid, the rostrum not longer than the width, the antennso 

 broad, dentate and compressed. Thorax distinctly 7-areolate, nearly 

 square, the posterior angles laterally rather prominent. Scutellum 

 red, smooth, depressed in the middle and emarginate at the apex, 

 the angles pointed. Elytra scarcely broader than the base of the 

 thorax, parallel-sided, separately rounded at the apex, and six 

 times the length of the thorax, with four larger and five smaller 

 costJe on each, the smaller ones alternate with the others and most 

 distinct near the base, the intervals transversely punctate, under 

 surface very nitid, the abdominal segments longitudinally scratched. 



Length, 7 lines. 



Hah. — Barron River. 



