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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN 

 COLEOPTERA. Part xv. 



By Arthur M. Lea, F.E.S. 



SCARABAEIDAE. 



Rhopaea POLITA. n.Sp. 



c? Of a bright pale castaneous and highly polished, elytra 

 and antennal fiabellum somewhat pale. Upper surface almost 

 glabrGus, sterna densely pilose. 



Head moderately convex, and with moderately large, sharply 

 denned punctures, becoming crowded at sides. Clypeus scarcely 

 bilobed in front; punctures much as on rest of head, but sparse 

 along middle. Antennae ten-, flabellum five-jointed; third joint 

 cylindrical and fully twice as wide as long, fifth acute inwardly. 

 Apical joint of maxillary palpi with a shallow, longitudinal de- 

 pression. Prothorax apparently about twice as wide as long, 

 sides strongly rounded and obtusely serrated; hind angles 

 almost rectangular; median line short and vaguely impressed; 

 punctures moderately large, but nowhere dense. Scutellum with 

 rather numerous punctures. Elytra with vague geminate striae, 

 enclosing four obtuse diseal costae on each elytron; the inter- 

 spaces with numerous fairly large punctures. Pygidium with 

 dense, shallow, and mostly longitudinal punctures; its tip ob- 

 tusely bilobed. Front tibiae strongly tridentate. Length, 19 

 mm. 



Ilali. — Queensland: Banana (E. Barnard), unique. 



The upper surface is glabrous except for a few hairs between 

 the eyes, and a dense fringe overlapping the base of the scutel- 



