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also a notable character, and the strongly flexuous stria? of its 

 elytra distinguish it from many of its congeners. The eyes are 

 moderately finely granulated and the elytral suture is not carinate 

 behind. 



N. S. Wales; Blue Mountains. 



POLYPHRADES FORTIS, Sp.nOV. 



^. Elongatus ; ater (exemplo typico glabro, lateribus dense 

 cinereo-squamosis exceptis) ; rostro sat fortiter 5-carinato : 

 capite crebre subtilissime punctulato ; oculis elongato-ovali- 

 bus minus subtiliter (fere ut P. nitidilabris, Germ.) granu- 

 latis ; antennis sat gracilibus modice elongatis, scapo oculi 

 partem posteriorem attingenti, funiculi articulo basali quani 

 2^^ fere duplo longiori; prothorace quam elytra vix angustiori, 

 antice fortiter angustato, quam longiori quarta parte latiori, 

 crebre subtilissime punctulato et foveis obscnris elongatis 

 (in disco sparsissime ad latera magis crebre) impresso, lateri- 

 bus sat arcuatis; scutello minuto; elytrisad basin sat fortiter 

 reflexo-marginatis et quam prothoracis basis vix latioribus, 

 ad angulos anticos extrorsum dentiformibus (latitudine majori 

 ante medium posita), seriatim crasse punctulatis, interstitiis 

 planis (7° juxta apicem sat fortiter carina to excepto) ; peuibus 

 anticis sat elongatis, horum tibiis leviter flexuosis. 



[Long. 7, lat. 2| lines. 

 A very Cherrus-Uke species, but with its antennal scape not 

 lon<y enough to reach the back of the eye. The specimen described 

 is entirely glabrous except on the undersurface and on the sides of 

 the prothorax which are thinly sprinkled with cinereous scales, 

 and on the sides of the elytra which bear a wide vitta covering 

 the external three interstices of densely packed cinereous scales. 

 It is possible that the general absence of squamosity is due to 

 abrasion (though I think not), but in any case the species is easily 

 recognisable by its large size, elytra strongly margined at the base 

 with dentiform humeral angles, antennal characters, &c., and the 

 vestiture of a Polyphrades ought never to be relied on for a specific 

 character owing to its extremely deciduous nature. The prothorax 



