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prothorace quam longiori tertia parte latiori, minute coriaceo 

 et sparsim vix manit'este punctulato, ad angulos anguste 

 deplanato, pone angulos posticos late lobato, basi margini 

 antico latitudine subajquali, lateribus arcuatis, angulis anticis 

 lateraliter sat productis, posticis obtusis ; scutello sat magno 

 triangular! ; elytris sat crebre sat leviter minus minute sub- 

 seriatim punctulatis, inter puncturarum series subcostatis, in 

 partibus nigris subdepressis ; tarsoruoi posticorura articulo 1° 

 quam ceteri conjuncti sat longiori ; unguiculis intus late 

 dentatis ; acetabulis anticis postice clausis ; elytrorum epi- 

 pleuris post medium continuatis ; tibiis mucronatis. 



[Long. 3|, lat. \\ lines. 

 This species is evidently congeneric with the two that I described 

 as C. Pahnerstoni and Bovilli (in Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., XI. pp. 

 178-9) though s])ecifically it is extremely distinct from them. 

 Specifically it must be very near C. bimaculata, Jac, (from New 

 Guinea) ; indeed I should hesitate to distinguish it from that 

 insect if its author had not described its elytra as having only " a 

 few scarcely visible punctures." It is probable that the example 

 before me is discoloured owing to defective preservation and that 

 its pale fuscous or drab tint has been brighter when it was fresh. 

 The specimen appears to be a female and (perhaps owing to its 

 being dilated with ova) its elytra are strongly dilated upwards as 

 well as laterally almost to the apex so that viewed from the side 

 the curve of the upper outline is very strong and its highest point 

 is near the apex. The blackish ring on the anterior 5 of each 

 elytron is somewhat impressed (as though branded on the surface), 

 the included space consequently appearing to be slightly tumid. 



Queensland ; Bellenden-Ker Ranges ; taken by Mr. F. M. 

 Bailey, Queensland Government Botanist. 



MONOLEPTA ROSEA, sp.nOV. 



Testacea, antennis apicem versus metasternoque nigris 

 vel piceis, elytrorum basi et macula discoidali paullo pone 

 medium posita) \sete roseis ; capite vix manifesto punctulato, 

 longitudinaliter subtiliter canaliculato, antennis corporis 

 dimidio sat longioribus articulis 1° 4° 5° que inter se sat 



