BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 439 



large enougli tu entitle the species to be placed with such 

 others as E . )iigncollis and K. (jlobulifer, &c. 



From some directions, the second segment of abdomen of 

 the niak', on its [iindersurface, appears to have a veiy iiiimite 

 granule about its middle, but it is invisible from most 

 directions. 



EuPiNEs (Byraxis) implumis, n.sp. 



cf. Of a rather dingy pale castaneous. Almost glabrous. 



Head transverse ; with two very shallow impressions in 

 front. Antennae not very long ; ninth joint larger, produced 

 to one side, and the tenth placed on that side instead of at 

 its middle ; tenth ovate, scarcely larger than ninth. FrotJiord.r 

 lightly transverse, widest towards apex, thence the sides sub- 

 oblique towards base. Elytra rather more convex than usual, 

 about as long as wide ; subsutural stria feeble, the dorsal 

 absent. Metasfernum deeply impressed along middle, the 

 impression dilated to apex. Under-surface of abdomen with 

 two tubercles at apex of second segment, the space between 

 depressed, apical segment with a shallow fovea. I^egs rather 

 long, and apparently unarmed. Length, 1 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland; Cairns (E. W. Ferguson). 



Apparently allied to E . melanocephala, but smaller and of 

 uniform colour. The ninth joint of the antennae is somewhat 

 as in E . ohliqua, although not quite the same, but the fifth 

 joint and the abdomen are very different. The ninth joint 

 will readily distinguish the species from all others of the 

 genus. The subsutural stria, on each elytron, is fairly dis- 

 tinct at the tip, but elsewhere is almost or quite invisible. Dr. 

 Ferguson sent three males for examination, but no females. 

 The antennae are composed of but ten joints (I have examined 

 them carefully, both from above and below), which associates 

 the species with E. Elizahethcp in the subgenus Byraxis, a 

 species it resembles to a certain extent, but differs essentially 

 from in the club, 



