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mandibles are large and tipped with black. The thorax is very- 

 like that of the last si)ecies, T. rubricej)s, but the median line is not 

 so continuously canaliculate. The elytra are less densely pubescent, 

 and more deeply tipped with black than in the preceding species, 

 the minute rugose puncturation is more distinct and the whole 

 sui'face more nitid. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Hah. — Mossman River. 



47. Telephorus Froggatti. 



Black, the thorax red, the elytra lurid brown. Antennae inserted 

 almost under the eyes, slightly serrate, the apex of each joint 

 truncate, the third about equal in length to the fourth. Head 

 nearly covei'ed by the thorax. Thorax much broader than long,, 

 quadrangular, margined, and deeply impi-essed on the median line. 

 Elytra blackish at the base and apex, with a yellowish brown 

 tinge towards the suture and a sericeoiis pubescence and dense 

 minute puncturation over the whole. The coxae and the sides of 

 the abdominal segments are of a yellowish colour. 



Length, 2| lines. 



Hah. — Mossman River. 



48. Selenurus apicalis. 



Head black, elongate, perpendiculai-, forming a short snout ; the 

 antennae, inserted in front of the eyes on a yellow patch, filiform, 

 the third joint much shorter than the fourth. Thorax testaceous 

 yellow, rather narrower than the head with the eyes, much longer 

 than broad, margined all round, not wider behind than in front, 

 rounded at the angles, rounded and reflexed at the apex and base, 

 and unevenly foveated on the disk. Scutellum with a small black 

 depression at the apex. Elytra rather wider than the thorax at 

 the base, and narrowing to the apex where they are nearly acute 

 and very dehiscent, rather shorter than the wings and body, of a 

 yellowish-brown on the basal region, and a dull black behind, with 

 a yellow apex to each elytron ; the sculpture is rough and 

 exceedingly minute, and there is a very small longitudinal i-idge 



