BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 313. 



brown blotches, the legs also of all shades of red and brown, and 

 the antennpe similarly variegated. 



Length, 5 lines. 



Bab. — Mossman River, Russell River, Cairns. 



59. Atractus flavipes. 



Elongate, oval, brownish-black, opaque, the elytra nitid brassy- 

 brow Ji, the legs yellow. Head finely granulate, a slight serui- 

 circular depression between the upper portion of the eyes, the 

 clyi)eus short, the labrum nearly square, the palpi and antennae 

 reddish, getting darker towards the apex. Thorax dark brown, 

 longer than wide, very slightly widening to the base, — both that and 

 the apex truncate, — and finely granulate. Elytra wider than the 

 thorax, narrowing towards the apex, punctate-striate, the inter- 

 stices minutely rugose-punctate. The thighs are tumid and of a 

 pale yellow, the rest of the legs are of a reddish yellow. One 

 male specimen. 



Length, 3 lines. 

 Hab. — Russell River. 



60. Atractus vittipennis. 



Elongate, narrow, acuminate behind, nitid throughout. Head 

 black, finely punctate, clypeus broad, thick-edged and short, the 

 clypeal suture nearly straight, the labrum large, widest at the apex, 

 slightly emarginate, setigerous, and separated from the clypeus by 

 a yellow membrane, the apex of the palpi and mandibles and the 

 antenna? excepting the three basal joints, and the third from the apex 

 which are yellowish, black. Thorax reddish-yellow, very smooth 

 and nitid, much longer than broad, not wider behind than in front, 

 parallel-sided, the angles rather rounded, and the apex and base 

 truncate. Elytra of the same reddish-yellow nitid colour as the 

 thorax, but the suture and lateral margins more or less broadly 

 margined with black, the whole rather finely punctate-striate- 

 The under surface is black, as well as the legs excepting the thighs. 



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