322 INSECTS OF THE CAIRNS DISTRICT, NORTHERN QUEENSLAND, 



side of the lobe at the base, with the posterior angles very acute 

 and produced backwards. Scutellum rounded behind and parallel- 

 sided. Elytra not broader than the thorax and more than twice 

 the length, the pubescence along the middle having a distinct 

 golden tinge. Under surface sparingly pubescent, the apex of the 

 abdominal segments ciliated. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Hah. — Mossman River. 



83. Pelecotomoides serraticornis. 



This insect is almost identical with the preceding, the difference 

 may possibly be only sexual. It is of a darker brown and more 

 densely sericeo-pubescent, the scutellum is more elongate, the 

 antennae more strongly serrate, and the under surface more densely 

 pubescent and of a reddish colour. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Hah. — Mossman E,iver. 



Family PEDILID^. 



84. Egestria hirtipennis. 



Very dark brown, subnitid, very roughly punctate and clothed 

 with soft, erect, cinereous hairs. Head square, eyes prominent, 

 labrum very short, antennae slender, the last joint longer than the 

 others, maxillary palpi long, the joints triangular with the apical 

 angle pointing inwards, the last joint largest. Neck narrow and 

 well-defined. Thorax transverse, rounded at the anterior angles, 

 truncate behind. Elytra broader than the thorax, and more than 

 three times the length. Base of thighs, tibiae, tarsi and palpi 

 yellow. 



Length, 2 lines. 

 Hah. — Russell River. 



