BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 651 



Length 31, breadth ll|-12mm. 



Hah. — Wide Bay District, Queensland. 



LoxoGMUS, n.gen. 



Head short, broad ; eyes round, very prominent ; forehead 

 strongly bi-impi-essed. 



Mandibles short, broad ; external edge arcuate ; apex hooked, 

 acuminate. 



Lahrum small ; the anterior margin truncate, setigerous ; (it is 

 declivous in front from behind the setaj, and this causes the 

 anterior margin to appear lightly emarginate from some points of 

 view.) 



Clypeus smooth, transverse, declivous, truncate in front ; cly- 

 peal suture distinct. 



Mentum short, obliquely emarginate ; median tooth short, a 

 raised suture across its base. 



Pal2n short, thick ; labial having tlie two apical joints equal in 

 length, penultimate bisetose in front, last very thick, wide, and 

 truncate at apex ; maxillary having penultimate joint very short, 

 triangular, apical joint about twice the length of penultimate, 

 thick, cylindrical, truncate. 



AntenncB short, subfiliform, rather thicker towards apex, 3 basal 

 joints glabrous, 1st thick, longest, 2nd short, 3rd longer than 2nd 

 or subsequent joints. 



Legs: thighs short, thick, anterior thickest, channelled below ; 

 anterior tibiae rather arched, wide and truncate at apex, emargina- 

 tion of .ower side deep ; 4 posterior tarsi with the joints sulcate 

 externally, anterior tarsi in ^ with the joints triangular, 3 first 

 dilatate, clothed with two oblique rows of pulvilli below, 4th 

 small, without pulvilli below. 



Prothorax transverse, not narrowed behind ; sides rounded in 

 front ; basal angles squarely marked; median line light; an elongate 

 impression on each side behind, reaching the base ; the posterior 

 marginal puncture at the base considerably distant internally 

 from the lateral margin. 



