BY H. J. CARTER. 323 



Head closely punctate (more iinely and densely on clypeus than on forehead), 

 eyes very close in <?, much more widely separated in ?, antennae lineate, joints 

 3-11 successively shorter than preceding. 



Prothorax subarcuate at apex (feebly advanced in middle), feebly bisinuate 

 at base, sides slightly rounded on front, half-arcuate narrowed in front — nearly 

 straight on basal half; posterior angles (seen from above) rectangular, disc 

 closely and strongly (not eontigiiously) punctate, with short, pale, sparse, re- 

 cumbent hairs; medial depression well marked in J, feebly indicated in ?; a wide 

 transverse depression near base and 2 shallow discal foveae. 



Sciitellum arcuate-tiiangular, closely punctate. 



Elytra obovate, wider than prothorax at base, and 3 J times as long; humeri 

 tumid; punctate-striate, each with 8 striae — besides a short seutellary stria and a 

 lateral row of punctures; the seriate punctures large and rectangular on basal 

 half, separated by transverse cancellations, but gradually obsolescent towards 

 apex; intervals coarsely punctate, the interstitial punctures each bearing a short 

 hair similar to those on pronotum ; sternum coarsely, abdomen finely punctate ; 

 protibiae of c? widened (subdentate) on inside. Dimensions: 6. 15 x 5A; 2. 16 x 

 6 mm. 



Hah. — Stanthorpe, Queensland (Von Wieklt). 



A pair of this fine species sent by Mr. Hacker, shows a species distinct in 

 colour, sculpture and sexual characters from all its congeners — except debilicornis 

 Haag. — and from debilicornis by larger size, different antennae and sexual 

 characters. Compared with H. cisteloides Newm. the eyes of <? are much closer, 

 the pronotum is more closely and finely punctate, the seriate punctures of elytra 

 are much larger, the interstices more convex and more coarsely punctate. Types 

 in the Queensland Museum. 



CERAMBYCIDAE. 



Piesarthriiis (Anotisis) frenchi Blackl). Mr. John Hopson has recently 

 found this fine longicorn breeding in Diospyros Cargillia * in the dense brush of 

 the mountain gullies near Eccleston, Allyn River, New South Wales. Originally 

 described from Queensland, its occurrence as far south as the Hunter River basin 

 is notewortliy. As the male only was known to Blackburn, I append a descrip- 

 tion of the female, generously given me together with its mate by Mr. Hopson. 



?. Antennae extending to foui'-fifths of the body, all joints sub-linear, 1-10 

 expanded at apex, 5-10 subdentate at interior apex, 3-10 subequal, 2nd longer 

 than 3rd, constricted and knobbed at base. 11th cylindric, as long as but narrower 

 than 10th, other characters as in c?. Dimensions : 34 x 10 mm. 



The male specimen exactly corresponds in size with that of the described 

 type, i.e. 32 x 8 mm. (16 x 4 lines). 



*For the determination of this tree I am indebted to my friend, Mr. J. H. 

 Maiden, F.RS., of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, Mr. Hopson informs me that the 

 local name is "Black Plum," and that bullock drivers use it for whip handles. It 

 seldom grows beyond 34 inches in diameter.) 



