316 insects of the cairns district, northern queensland, 



65. Allecula flavicornis. 



Oblong-oval, brown, covered with a short yellowish pubescence, 

 the antennae, palpi, clypeus, labrum, tibiae and tarsi, yellow. Head 

 finely punctate, the eyes large and rather approximate. Thorax 

 densely punctate, slightly transverse, widening much from the 

 apex to the base, that slightly sinuate. Elytra at the base the 

 width of the base of the thorax, ampliated a little to behind the 

 middle and punctate striate. The under surface finely and thinly 

 punctate, the thighs black. 



Length, 5 lines. 



Mab. — Mossman River, 



This species ought perhaps to be placed in the genus Eyhrenia. 



Family LAGRIID^. 



66. Lagria ruficeps. 



Oblong, red, nitid, elytra dark metallic green. Head punctate 

 with a round depression between the eyes, the antennae brownish 

 from the third joint. Thorax oblong, scarcely wider at the base 

 than the apex, roughly punctate with an indistinct transverse 

 impression near the apex, and another near the base. Scutellum 

 reddish, triangular. Elytra much broader than the thorax, rather 

 squarely shouldered, ampliated behind, irregularly and rugosely 

 punctate, and clothed with a thin short whitish pubescence. The 

 under surface and the thighs are reddish, the knees, tibige and 

 tarsi brown. 



Length, 3^ lines. 



Hah. — Russell River. 



67. Lagria albovillosa. 



The legs, antennae and all the upper surface brown and sub- 

 nitid, with a slight bronze lustre, the under surface piceous red, 

 the whole upper surface densely and rugosely punctate, and clothed 

 rather densely with long soft whitish hair, the under surface 



