310 insects of the cairns district, northern queensland, 



54. Chartopteryx glaber. 



Oblong, verj nitid, black, elytra amethystine black, legs piceous. 

 Head finely punctate, clypeus short and broad, labrum large, palpi 

 strongly securiform. Antennae elongate, slender, these and the 

 palpi piceous. Thorax about twice as broad as long, very smooth, 

 anterior angles very prominent, posterior acute, sides slightly 

 rounded and broadly margined, the base a little wider than the 

 apex, broadly lobed in the middle and slightly emarginate on each 

 side of the lobe. Scutellum rounded behind. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax and nearly four times the length, convex and 

 covered with rows of rather large irregular punctures, some 

 running into one another, and some of the middle rows joining 

 others a little short of the apex. The epipleurfe of the elytra are 

 very coarsely punctured. There is a deep depression immediately 

 beneath the mentum. The abdominal segments are veiy finely 

 rugose. The incision on the apex of the mesosternum is V-shaped. 

 The hind tibiae are long and slender, and the first joint of the 

 posterior tarsi is scarcely as long as the other three united. 



Length, 7 lines. 



Hah. — Mossman River. 



55. Decialma striatopunctata. 



Of rather elongate form, moderately convex, nitid, black, the 

 elytra purplish black. Head minutely punctate, rounded in front ; 

 eyes distant. Antennae short, yellowish-red, the last six joints 

 broader than long. Thorax broader than long, minutely and 

 rather thinly punctate, the anterior angles very little produced, the 

 sides lightly rounded and narrowly margined, the posterior angles 

 squai'e, and the base slightly broader than the apex, and lightly 

 biemarginate and lobed. Scutellum small and triangular Elytra 

 o6 the width of the thorax and three times the length, the base 

 fitting exactly the base of the thorax, with a short sutui-al and 

 eight distinctly punctured striae on each elytron. The prosternum 



