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postice coiistrictns ; disco post medinm ntrinqne ealloso. Elytra elongata, versus 

 apicem panlo augnstata, grosse dense rngoso-punctata ; singulo lateraliter striis 

 dnalms vi\ elevatis ; basi emargiiiata ; hnmeris promiiiulis rotnndatis ; apice 

 truncato, extus valde dentato, iutns recto (c?) ant snbrotnudato (?) ; basi ad 

 scntellum augustissime et apice late nigris, ante medium fascia transversa ad 

 snturam valde interrupta (S ), ant nun interrnpta et ad sntnram cnm macnla basali 

 connecta sagittaeformi ( ¥ ). 



Lung. Ki mm., el}-tr. lOi, lat. 4i. 



fiab. Timor (W. boherty). 



Varies in size, like the other species of this Australian genus. 



Periaptodes buruensis sp. nov. 



P. densiter griseo-pubescens, pilis setulosis plus minnsve sparsim tectus ; scapo 

 leviter transverse rngato ; prothorace sparsatim grosse puuctato, paucis granulis 

 instructo. Eh^tris hnmeris granulosis breviter dentatis ; apice truncato, extus dente 

 brevi instructo ; macula nigra circum scntellum semicirculare, fascia nblicjna postice 

 obsoleta ab margine subhumerali ad sntiirae medium descendente brunneo-nigris, 

 notatis. 



Long. 311 mm., el)1;ra 21, lat. 0. 



Of uearly the same size and ontline as P. lictor Pasc, it is distinguished from 

 this species by the shape of the basal macula, by the sparingly granulated pruthorax, 

 by the scape having some transverse wrinkles, and by the ajiex of the elytra being 

 shortly spined externally. 



Hrib. Burn (W. Dohertyj. 



Homonaea uniformis sji. nov. 

 (PL VIIL, fig. s.) 



//. rufo-nigra, palpis, antenuis, tibiis tarsisque rufescentibus ; supra dense 

 flavo-cinereo-, infra cinereo-pubescens, ninltis maculis minimis glabris et punetis 

 nigris notata. Caput punetis singulis grossis, linea media antice obsoleta, inter 

 oculos sat ])rofunde impressa, utrinque juxta oculorum lobos snperiores tubercnlo 

 distinct!) instructum. Antennae corpore longiores, articnlo tertio scapo fere triplo 

 longiore. Prothorax longitudine dimidio latior, antice emarginatus, basi ntrini[ue 

 subsinuata, lateribus antice attenuatis, postice ampliatis rotnndatis, dente sat obtuso 

 armatis, linea media leviter elevata. Scntellum trausversum, rectangulare, medio 

 glabro. Elytra latitndine (ad humeros maxima) triplo lougiora, apicem versus fere 

 aeijuabiliter attennata ; a{)ice truncato, angnlis snturalibns fere rectis, exterioribus 

 snbrotundatis ; siugnlo elytro oeto-cariuato, carinis antice posticeqne abbreviatis ; 

 pnnctis sparsis grossis pnbe tectis. Infra fere omnino laevis, medio glabra ; 

 abdominis segmento quinto obsolete, ultimo parum profunde emarginatis ; processn 

 mesosternali elevato. Pedes antici elongati, femora postica medium abdominis 

 segmenti tertii attingentia. 



Long. 2T mm., elj'tr. 20, lat. 7. 



The whole of the disc of the el}'tra uniformly pubescent, whilst the remainder 

 of the elytra, and especially the scape of the antennae, head, under surface of the 

 body and femora, are speckled witlf small black glabrous spots. Of the eight 

 cariuae of each elytron the second and fourth are somewhat more raised ; the 

 punctuation is coarse at the base of the elytra, finer at the sides. an<l verv sparse in 



