BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, P.L.S., &C. 663- 



antescutellum impresso,sat dense aciculato-punctato, punctis pilum 

 minutissimum brunneum gerentibus ; elytris thorace non latioribus, 

 lateribus parallelis, postice fortiter declivibus ; humeris oblique 

 truncatis, angulo fere spinoso ; supra costis tribus undulatis, 

 interstitiis subtilissime granulatis ; granulis pilum ut in thorace 

 gerentibus ; processu prosternali valde producto, acuminato, grosse 

 punctato " (Haag-Rut). 



Long. 12-17 mm., lat. 7^-10 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland, Peak Downs. 



105 Saragus reticulatus, Haag-Rut. 



Journ. Mus. Godef. Heft 14, p. 116, Note. 



" Ovalis, niger, opacus ; capite thoraceque ut in lurido ; elytris 

 latitudine vix longioribus, lateribus explanatis, supra minus con- 

 vexis, carinis tribus parum elevatis undulatis, rugulis transversis 

 inter se connexis ; interstitiis indistincte rugolosis, punctatis " 

 (Haag-Rut). 



Long. 13 mm., lat. 9 mm. 



ffab. — Endeavour River. 



106. Saragus clathratus, n. sp. 



Of the form and size of S. luridus. Head and thorax similarly 

 but more thinly punctate in the middle than in that species. 

 Elytra with three strong tortuous costse on each, with occasional 

 incomplete transverse connections, the interstices very rugose and 

 coarsely and thinly punctured. In all else like ,5'. luridus. 



Long. 6 lines, lat. 3J lines. 



Hub. — Fitzroy Downs. 



107. Saragus crenulatus, n. sp. 



Like the preceding three species. The thorax more densely 

 and minutely vermiculate-punctate ; the costse on the elytra thinner 

 than in the last species and less tortuous, the interstices with 

 several very irregular rows of very minute granules ; the costse 

 are nitid, the interstices densely covered with a greyish indument. 



Long. 5-6 lines, lat. 3|- lines. 



Sab. — Port Denison. 



