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punctate, the prosternum is flat, triangular and acutely pointed 

 in front, the apex of the tibiae and the tarsi beneath clothed with 

 golden hair. 



Length, 9 lines. 

 Hah. — Cairns. 



93, Episcaphula bifasciata.. 



Oblong-oval, black, nitid. Head very finely punctate, clypeal 

 suture not visible, the third joint of the antennae longer than the 

 fourth. Thorax less transverse than in the last species, anterior 

 angles acutely produced, base slightly bisinuate, a small fovea on 

 each side of the middle lobe, and a large red spot at the apex on 

 each side of the median line. Elytra of the width of the base 

 of the thorax and about three times the length, moderately convex 

 and narrowing to the apex, and finely striate-punctate, with a 

 yellow wavy fascia near the base and another near the apex, 

 neither reaching the suture. Under surface black, legs pitchy 

 red. Prosternum not pointed in front. 



Length, 4 lines. 

 Hah. — Russell River. 



94. Episcapha Froggatti. 



Oblong. Head black, minutely punctate without transverse 

 impression, clypeus convex and rounded. Thorax much broader 

 than long, the anterior angles slightly prominent, the base and 

 sides thinly and coarsely punctate, of a red colour with a large 

 square black spot in the middle of the base. Elytra about the 

 width of the base of the thorax, a little narrowed towards the 

 apex, finely striate-punctate, and of a red colour, with a square 

 spot on the humeral angle, a larger one at the scutellum, a broad 

 median fascia, a smaller one not reaching the suture between that 

 and apex, and the apex black. Under side red, legs, meso- and 

 metasternum black. 



Length, 3|^ lines. 



Hah. — Cairns. 



