234 INSECTS OP THE CAIRNS DISTRICT, NORTHERN QUEENSLAND, 



quadricostate with intermediate very fine costae most distinct 

 towards the base. Legs flattened, the coxge and extreme base of 

 the thighs reddish-yellow. A trace of black sometimes shows on 

 the extreme tip of the elytra. 



Length, 5 lines. 



Hah. — Cairns. 



Mr. Waterhouse would probably place this species in his genus 



Bulenides, 



40. Xylobanus atripennis. 



Opaque black, the thorax red. Antennae serrate, the third joint 

 a little larger than the fourth, all much flattened and longer than 

 broad. Thorax transverse, rounded in front, notched and rounded 

 at the anterior angles, widened a little on the sides towards the 

 base ; the posterior angles acute, the base lobed in the middle, with 

 a notch in the middle of the lobe ; the discal areolet only marked,, 

 the rest of the surface unequal. Elytra widening to the apex,, 

 quadricostate with two rows of punctures in the interstices. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Hah. — Barron River. 



41. Cladophorus posticalis. 



Black, the thorax and basal two-thirds of the elytra red. 

 Antennae serrate, in the male flabellate, the third joint not longer 

 than the fourth ; all the joints except the apical are broader than long. 

 Thorax broader than the length, rounded in front, not or scarcely 

 wider at the base than the apex ; 7-areolate, the middle one 

 lanceolate extending from base to apex, the others very faintly 

 defined. The elytra have the usual sculpturation, but it is of a 

 less deep and rough character, and the intermediate lines in the 

 interstices between the costse are more distinct. The legs are 

 short and flat. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Hah. — Cairns and Barron River. 



42. Cladophorus testaceicollis. 

 Of a dull brownish-black colour, with the thorax testaceous red. 

 Antennse with the branches from joints 3 to 10 very much longer 



