204 REVISION OF PTKROHKL.EUS (coiltd ) AND SARAGUS, ETC., 



granulose, its episterna with deeply impressed curved striae, 

 prosternal process bordered by a raised line produced back- 

 wards into a triangular receptacle of the mesosternum ; basal 

 segment of abdomen coarsely, other segments and legs very 

 finely punctate, epipleurce smooth, tibiae sparsely clothed with 

 short bristles, without a tomentose line ; and armed at apex 

 with a short acute spine. Dimensions 11x7 mm. 



Hub. — North Queensland. 



Two specimens, both apparently female, are before me : one 

 labelled Etheridge, Q., from Mr. C. French: the other from 

 Mr. Dodd of Kuranda. Most nearly allied to <S'. sphceroirhs 

 (infra), but more elongate, and with much narrower elytral 

 margins. Without a lens, the whole upper surface appears 

 smooth, but the striae and punctures are quite evident when 

 magnified (x 10). The structure of the antenntf and sternum 

 shows an afhnity with Onosterrhus. Type in the author's Coll. 



Saragus sph^roides, n.sp. 



Widely ovate, very convex, black or brown-black, moder- 

 ately nitid above, black or piceous-red beneath, antennae, 

 ora^ organs and tarsi red. 



Head coarsely and closely rugose-punctate, epistoma sinuate 

 in front (incurving at the middle), refiexed at margins, 

 limiting suture deeply impressed, antennae short, joints 7-10 

 much wider than long, cup-shaped, eleventh oval. Frothorax 

 3 X 8-5 mm., length measured in middle, widest at base, 

 combined margins at base about half the width of disc, 

 anterior angles obtuse, sides widely rounded and diverging to 

 base, scarcely sinuate, posterior angles produced, acute and 

 slightly falcate, base sinuate, foliate margins wide, refiexed 

 at extreme border, finely strigose-punctate, disc convex, dis- 

 tinctly and evenly punctured. Elijini (8-5 x 9 mm.), ovate, 

 convex, of same width as prothorax at base, shoulders de- 

 fined and obtuse, sides gradually widening to middle, widely 

 rounded at apex, margins scarcely foliaceous, partly decli- 

 vous, narrowly horizontal, wider at base, the horizontal por- 



